Chair Larsen Opening Statement at Aviation Subcommittee Hearing on the “State of Aviation Safety”
As Delivered
July 17, 2019
Good morning and thank you to today’s witnesses for joining the Subcommittee’s hearing today on the “State of Aviation Safety.”
Recent tragic aviation incidents at home and abroad have shed new light on what is required to ensure… Read more »
Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Sharice Davids (D-KS), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Rodney Davis (R-IL), and Congressman Drew Ferguson (R-GA) introduced bipartisan legislation to prohibit the U.S.… Read more »
Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO), Chair of the Aviation Subcommittee Rick Larsen (D-WA), and Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-LA) sent a letter to Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Elaine Chao, Acting Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Daniel Elwell,… Read more »
Good morning and I want to thank today’s witnesses for joining the Subcommittee’s ongoing discussion on the “Status of the Boeing 737 MAX.”
Today’s hearing is the second in a series investigating the tragic Boeing 737 MAX accidents.
The purpose of today’s hearing is to hear from the people who fly the airplanes and from the people who fly in the… Read more »
Read the op-ed here.
By Rep. Rick Larsen and Commerce Director Dr. Lisa Brown
The aviation and aerospace industries are economic engines in the Pacific Northwest. As these industries grow and evolve, Washington state will continue to lead in innovation and development.
Washington state’s aerospace and aviation workforce develop and build world-class aircraft, unmanned systems… Read more »
From June 16–18, Chair of the House Aviation Subcommittee Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) will travel to the International Paris Air Show, the world’s premiere aircraft exposition event.
As Chair of the Aviation Subcommittee, Larsen is focused on exploring an agenda that includes: ensuring aviation safety, fostering innovation in U.S. airspace, improving U.S. competitiveness in… Read more »
Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Aviation Subcommittee Rick Larsen (D-WA) sent letters to Boeing, United Technologies Corp. (UTC), and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requesting a timeline and supporting documents related to when they became aware that the Angle of Attack (AOA) Disagree alert on some Boeing… Read more »
Good morning and thank you to today’s witnesses for joining the Subcommittee’s discussion on the “Status of the Boeing 737 MAX.”
346 people died in the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and the Lion Air Flight 610 crash en route to Jakarta, Indonesia.
Congress has an obligation to the traveling public and the victims of these… Read more »
House Aviation Subcommittee Chair Rick Larsen (WA-02) released the below statement ahead of the Aviation Subcommittee hearing entitled “Status of the Boeing 737 MAX.”
“346 people died in the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and the Lion Air Flight 610 crash en route to Jakarta, Indonesia. Congress has an obligation to the traveling public… Read more »
Today, the Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Chair of the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY), Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA), Congressman Rick Larsen (D-WA), and Congressman Don Young (D-AK) applauded the U.S. Coast Guard’s announcement that it has awarded a contract for the… Read more »
