Jay Rockefeller: “I hope that moving forward FAA will give all of NTSB's future recommendations better consideration.”

We simply cannot afford to take this major step backwards and jeopardize the future of generations by allowing CHIP to expire.

I come to the floor to wholly support the comments of my colleagues, the Senator from California and the Senator from Arizona, to speak about a matter of great importance to me personally but more importantly to the country. The Senate…

I thank Senator Leahy for attempting to address my concerns about this bill. I thank his committee staff for working with my committee staff to insert clarifying report language.

I come today with a spirit of reflection and optimism about our future. I am also compelled towards an honest assessment of where we are as a body--of the promise of what we can achieve when we don't shy away from compromise and what we…