Let us be honest. There is just no question that if these horrific attacks were happening every single day, people dying, little kids dying on the floor of their home or sitting on their grandpa's lap or getting ready to go fishing, if…

Look, we have got to pass Representative Kelly's bill on straw purchasers and gun trafficking and deal with illegal guns.

The reason, in our opinion, is there are special interests, the ones that have been fighting us all along to do what is right, are out there right now fighting again.

This was a top priority for AOPA.

Is the DOT putting the desire of airlines to continue generating more than half a billion dollars annually in lucrative seat reservation fees ahead of children's safety?

Flight attendants do not understand how you can write such clear language and not get this in place.

This is a commonsense provision that will help reduce workload and the cost of aircraft ownership, which AOPA strongly supports.

It is a disrespect to Ellen Saracini, who is in the room today, and to my friends who were on flight 175 with her husband, Captain Victor Saracini.

How many children will have to be assaulted on aircraft before the DOT acts?

It is our opinion that forming this advisory committee working group right now, the FAA's looking at secondary barriers, is a waste of resources that they have.

I consider the administration to be woefully delinquent in fulfilling this important mandate.