Maria Cantwell actually said...

"If the Department of Justice approves the proposed merger between American Airlines and US Airways, the new American Airlines, it will not only be the Nation's largest air carrier, but the world's lar..."

"I applaud, by the way, American Airlines and US Airways for not choosing to dump everything on the government and to find a way to work it out."

"I just want to understand that point, too."

"And did the Department of Justice at that time consider Dulles or Baltimore as substitutes for consumers, or was that separate?"