Rick Larsen actually said...

Let the industry promote itself. If it needs help in that effort, I'm sure the Commerce Department is happy to oblige. Your job, Administrator Dickson, is to regulate. The only thing you should be promoting is the highest possible level of safety.

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Larsen insists that the FAA's role is to regulate safety, not promote the aviation industry.

12/10/2019

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