WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 19: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Bryan Bedford speaks with an aide during a break in testifying before a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Subcommittee on Aviation, Space, and Innovation hearing on Capitol Hill on May 19, 2026 in Washington, DC. Bedford will discuss safety measures that the FAA is implementing following last year's fatal midair collision between an American Airlines airplane and a Black Hawk helicopter at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA). (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)