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In 2003, DeFazio voted against the initial bill that mandated the ODA program.

“We can certainly mandate changes in the approval process and the oversight process by the FAA,” DeFazio said. “We’re already thinking of options of changes we might make.”

The committee chairman hopes to hear firsthand from Dickson and other FAA officials on Wednesday about how the agency plans to change its culture.

“I’m hoping the FAA Administrator has some recommendations of his own,” he said.

DeFazio has also raised the alarm about the safety culture inside Boeing – specifically production pressures that might indicate the company put profit over safety.