Rick Larsen

The most important safety factor you can have in any aircraft is a pilot that can handle whatever that situation is.

I place a lot of that blame--and there is plenty of blame to go around in this whole thing again.

I think they were overwhelmed. I think they were trying to figure out what was going on.

We are able to make decisions that truly yield the safest, the absolute safest, aviation system possible.

We need to learn from the mistakes, and we need to learn from the successes, and we need to build upon both of those.

I do want to make sure that we understand everything that happened and we don't allow mistakes to be made again.

The committee will continue to maintain safety as the guiding principle and use all available tools to ensure the safety of the traveling public.

The FAA must fix its credibility problem.

Congress must reevaluate and improve the current certification process to ensure the safety of the flying public.

Millions of lives are at stake. We have to get this right. We will be changing the certification laws to ensure the 346 lives lost in Ethiopia and in the Java Sea were not lost in vain.

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…

I want Administrator Dickson's absolute assurance today that he and Deputy Administrator Dan Elwell will clearly and frequently communicate to the FAA workforce--and to the industry--that the work of every single FAA employee must be in…

I look forward to hearing from Admiral Salerno on what the industry has done to implement the Act.

It is our responsibility as Congress to prioritize the lives and safety of crew and passengers over profits.

I don't feel any better about that, either.

I think that we ought to be pulling out a book somewhere between those two bookends. And right now we are--we have gone too far.

I am not convinced, based on reading these reports and looking at Boeing's own actions, that that is being done adequately.

The 346 lives lost in Lion Air 610 and Ethiopian Airlines 302 crashes are constant reminders of the importance of this committee's work

I know you won't mind, though, that we are going to continue to go through the documents you have provided us.

But the Indonesian accident authorities found FAA's response to the revised system safety assessment was simply to accept the submission.

You deserve answers and rightfully expect Congress to act.

The process by which the Federal Aviation Administration evaluates and certifies aircraft is itself in need of repair.

The 346 lives lost in Lion Air 610 and Ethiopian Airlines 302 crashes are constant reminders of the importance of this committee's work.

Let us complete the science. Let the Army Corps of Engineers use the NEPA process to complete their EIS.

Primacy on this matter should rest at the state level, where the people are closest to the issue.