Rick Larsen actually said...

"To be clear: there is no shortage of pilots."

"We are grateful for this committee's leadership, and dismissal for more than a decade, of ALPA's dubious and misleading claims surrounding shortfalls in the Open Skies framework."

"We cannot afford to go backwards on safety and endanger the lives of the flying public."

"We want to thank members of Congress who unanimously passed landmark aviation safety legislation Public Law 111-216."