Rick Larsen actually said...

"Prepared statement"

"Another reason why maybe it is a good idea to increase the authorization levels for section 625, because it is clear from the amount of applications that come in that we are hardly meeting the demand ..."

"The unprecedented safety record that we've benefitted from... should serve as a testament to the life-saving benefit that it brings to the aviation industry."

"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."