"The committee will continue to maintain safety as the guiding principle and use all available tools to ensure the safety of the traveling public."
"I do want to make sure that we understand everything that happened and we don't allow mistakes to be made again."
"We are able to make decisions that truly yield the safest, the absolute safest, aviation system possible."
"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 ..."
"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 pro..."
"The most important safety factor you can have in any aircraft is a pilot that can handle whatever that situation is."
"I do feel bad for those two pilots because I think they were absolutely overwhelmed with the task at hand."
"The FAA must fix its credibility problem."
"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."
"It is our responsibility as Congress to prioritize the lives and safety of crew and passengers over profits."
"I look forward to hearing from Admiral Salerno on what the industry has done to implement the Act."