"There needs to be a changing of the guard. There need to be folks put in place who will try and protect Texans."
"There is nothing more serious and no more higher responsibility for a state government, for a federal government than to protect the lives of your citizens."
"We are facing a real crisis here in Dallas where folks are worried about things like hypothermia, a carbon monoxide poisoning. We have some folks who`ve been without power since Sunday night. We don`t..."
"the Global Child Thrive Act, introduced by my fellow Texan, Congressman Castro, takes an important step forward in coordinating U.S. interagency efforts."
"H. Res. 752, introduced by my esteemed colleague and friend, Ted Deutch, supports the rights of the Iranian people to free expression."
"I strongly believe that Boeing's open defiance of FAA requirements in knowingly delivering airplanes without it is both a legal and an ethical issue."
"If there is no consequence for that evasion, then the regulation doesn't matter."
"I do believe that Boeing is a great American company, and that is part of why I am so frustrated that we are here today."
"Industry capture of safety regulation in any area is not only dangerous to the public, it is bad business."
"That the pilots didn't know about this is unacceptable."
"This is about catastrophic design flaw, and regulatory failure that has caused us to lose hundreds of lives."
"They have canceled 9,500 flights in the last quarter alone--that is American, alone."