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Owens says Congress, NTSB will work on recommendations to improve airway safety
Summary
Congressman Burgess Owens said lawmakers from both parties are interested in quickly working with the National Transportation Safety Board to develop recommendations to make air travel safer, and that he expects bipartisan, committee-led work to follow.
Congressman Burgess Owens said lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are interested in quickly working with the National Transportation Safety Board to develop recommendations to make U.S. airways safer.
Owens, who represents the Fourth Congressional District of Utah and serves on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, made the remarks during an appearance on Washington Watch. "A very accurate," Owens said when asked whether Congress would move rapidly to coordinate with the NTSB. "I'm blessed to be on a... committee... it's very thoughtful, very bipartisan. It's all about getting the right thing done. So, I look forward to having these conversations. And at the end of the day, we wanna make sure that we will never allow this type of tragedy to happen again."
The host asked specifically whether there was bipartisan interest in working with the NTSB to develop safety recommendations for the nation’s airways; Owens agreed and described his committee work as a venue for those discussions. He did not specify particular regulatory changes or a timetable for any legislative or administrative action.
Neither a formal vote nor a staff directive was announced during the interview. The host closed the segment saying the program would track developments as they proceed.
