"I think this funding level creates very serious challenges for the program."
"I wonder if you could give me the number of what a full 100 percent requirement funding would be for NOAA."
"I know enough, from having studied this, that there are a lot of recommendations out there that are not yet implemented, and I don't want the next airplane tragedy to be one in which we discussed a re..."
"On the FAA's website, under agency values, it says quote 'Safety is our passion. We are the world leaders in aerospace safety.'"
"Each new detail coming out of the investigation into the crash of the Colgan Air Flight 3407 in Buffalo, New York, turns out to be even more disturbing than the last."
"Company culture plays a more significant role than many of us like to admit."
"Has decreased, yes. Thank you."
"Thirty million hardly seems like a lot of money if we are the third-largest economy in the world."
"We do not have much time and that there will be calamitous effects if we do not act."
"I have said we need to at least double it."
"We must strengthen the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration by doubling its budget over the next 4 years."