Mike Lee actually said...

Air travel is also an important element of our national infrastructure, and it is critical to our economy.

Our country has benefited greatly from airline deregulation ever since that began in 1978.

I thank Senator Klobuchar, the Chair of this Subcommittee, for holding this hearing.

The 2010 Horizontal Merger Guidelines state: 'A primary benefit of mergers to the economy is their potential to generate significant efficie...