"I am pleased we are here this morning to address this important and timely topic of the safety of UAS in the national airspace."
"Mr. Whitaker, in previous meetings I have had within the office, private industry technology folks have suggested to me to--that they require registration of the product that individuals purchase, and..."
"Make it 60. You pick the three you do not want."
"We must make sure the FAA authorization is not a science experiment because with 2 million passengers in the skies on any given day, we must remember what is at stake if we make changes to our safe ai..."
"Safety is and must be the FAA's number one priority, certainly is mine, I know it is yours as well."
"But we rise to challenges; we do not shrink from them."
"I look forward to working with you and Chairman LoBiondo and all of my colleagues to get a bill done on time, one that improves safety and keeps our aviation system the envy of the world."
"Aerospace is the State's largest exporting sector, accounting for over 40 percent of the State's exports in 2011."
"U.S. aviation is vital to our economy."
"In my home State of Washington, about 650 aerospace companies support as many as 209,000 jobs."
"Domestic aviation manufacturing... is one of the major reasons why the aviation industry in this country is such a powerful economic engine."