[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2306]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 ANNIVERSARY OF CONTINENTAL FLIGHT 3407

  (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, yesterday marked the sixth 
anniversary of when Continental Flight 3407 crashed into a home in 
Clarence Center, New York, and tragically took the lives of all 49 
passengers on board, including one expectant mother.
  In the wake of this tragedy, Congress passed the Airline Safety and 
Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2010, which was the 
largest overhaul to aviation safety in over 40 years. The legislation 
introduced many new guidelines for airline safety and required airlines 
to put well-trained pilots in every cockpit. Although this law has 
helped to prevent accidents like that of Flight 3407 from happening 
again, there is still work to be done.
  Mr. Speaker, earlier this week, I met with some of the families of 
the victims of Flight 3407, and, yesterday, I joined a group of 
bipartisan Members in urging the committee of jurisdiction to continue 
to support the implementation of the Airline Safety and Federal 
Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2010.
  Mr. Speaker, I thank the committee for their continued support and 
their efforts in helping to make commercial airline travel safer. As we 
move forward, the House should be clearly focused on ensuring tragedies 
like Flight 3407 never happen again.

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