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Craig Caplan @CraigCaplan - Then-Spirit Airlines Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer Matthew Klein responds to Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) at a 2024 Senate airline fee hearing: "Overall, our job is to generate the most revenue we can so we can be profitable as an airline...We have costs and there's costs out there, and we have to make sure that we're above the cost line in order to make sure that we can run a profitable entity."
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CSPAN @cspan
Dec 4, 2024
Sen. Josh Hawley to airline executives: "You guys do appreciate that flying on your airlines is a disaster, don't you?...flying on your airlines is horrible. It's a terrible experience...Nobody enjoys flying on your airlines. It's a disaster."
https://x.com/CraigCaplan/status/2050620406701207983
Craig Caplan @CraigCaplan - Then-Attorney General Merrick Garland in March 2023 on the Justice Dept's suit to block JetBlue’s proposed acquisition of Spirit:"We allege that JetBlue's proposed takeover of Spirit will only exacerbate concentration and further stifle competition in the airline industry....If not blocked, the merger of JetBlue and Spirit would result in higher fares and fewer choices for tens of millions of travelers across the country. The Justice Department is suing to prevent that from happening." @cspan https://x.com/CraigCaplan/status/2050612636459675722
Craig Caplan @CraigCaplan - May 1, 2026, 10 days after Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) resigned from Congress, avoiding a possible House expulsion vote: "DHS Office of the General Counsel and the FEMA Office of Chief Counsel have indefinitely suspended former Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of South Florida, her brother Edwin Cherfilus and multiple associates and affiliated entities following a federal indictment alleging they misappropriated approximately $5.7 million in disaster funds and used the proceeds for personal enrichment and illegal campaign contributions."
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/05/01/dhs-suspends-former-south-florida-congresswoman-associates-after-indictment
https://x.com/CraigCaplan/status/2050587742157910232
Craig Caplan @CraigCaplan - Kentucky Derby weekend political news: President Trump endorsed Kentucky GOP Rep. Andy Barr in this fall's Kentucky Senate race, ahead of the May 19 primary to succeed retiring longtime GOP Senator Mitch McConnell. Trump first met with Nate Morris & asked him to drop out the race & serve instead as an U.S. Ambassador in his Administration. Morris then backed Barr for Senate. https://x.com/CraigCaplan/status/2050560775874363796
Craig Caplan @CraigCaplan - Stewart Baker, who was confirmed by unanimous consent by the U.S. Senate as the Homeland Security Department's first Assistant Secretary for Policy in 2005 for the George W. Bush Administration, was introduced at his Senate confirmation hearing by Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) & former Sen. Chuck Robb. He previously served as general counsel for the National Security Agency 1992–94. He died April 30 at age 78. RIP
https://www.c-span.org/program/senate-committee/homeland-security-department-nominations/148810
https://x.com/CraigCaplan/status/2051084291958800858
Craig Caplan @CraigCaplan - The late “Mr. Aviation” former MN Democratic Congressman Jim Oberstar, who chaired & served as ranking member of the House Transportation Cmte, on the financial state of Spirit Airlines from the House floor in 1998.
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Howard Mortman @HowardMortman
Video: "When Spirit began offering single daily round trip low-fare service between Detroit & Boston Northwest matched Spirit's fares on every coach seat on the 11 daily flights it operated. Northwest fare was reduced from $259 to $100. Spirit was driven out of market"
Oberstar 10-2-98
https://x.com/CraigCaplan/status/2050965721367126314
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