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JOHNSON: "Well, one of my primary concerns, I don’t want to be scaring the bejesus out of the public here. We need to be very careful and thoughtful in terms of how we present this information, but in preparation for the hearing, I just have to admit the testimony was beyond troubling. But, again, we need to hear from all the stakeholders. This is very early on. I am not sure I would have held the hearing as soon if I were chairman, but again, this is Chairman Blumenthal’s call. Again, this is something we have to look into. There is no doubt about it. We have to be talking to the airlines. We need to be talking to pilots. We need to be talking to mechanics. We need to be talking to the FAA. This is a very complex issue. First off, everybody wants Boeing to succeed. We have to have Boeing succeed. We want safety in the sky, so this has to be fully vetted. We need to make sure that Boeing has a culture of safety. I am not sure it has had one. I am not sure the current management is up to it. That is one of the troubling reports I entered into the record, is just talking about how the CEO was in one place, CFO was in another place. Again, it just seems like a dysfunctional company. More concern potentially about DEI. They scored great in terms of the FEC reports in terms of accomplishing all their DEI and ESG goals. They don’t score well in terms of their own policy goals that they've set. So, again, it's just very troubling.”