NATALIE ALLEN, CNN ANCHOR: Back in Washington, lawmakers are focusing their energy on trying to get us where we're going on time. They have summoned some of the major figures in the airline industry back to Capitol Hill. And they're supposed to have some recommendations in hand on how to fix the system. Joining us with that, CNN's Patty Davis -- Patty.</s>PATTY DAVIS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Natalie, just six weeks ago the lawmakers threw down the gauntlet to airlines as well as FAA and others. Fix the problem of delays or else. Now, on the spot, they were told to come up with five ways that each would fix the problem. And they did that. That's not something that happens very often on Capitol Hill. Today they are coming forward with their progress report. And from the FAA, at least that agency says that it has made some progress. Now, delays causing a lot of frustration not only among passengers, but here on Capitol Hill now that one in four flights are delayed on average or canceled across the country. A new passenger bill of rights introduced today as well, that by representative John Sweeney, a Republican from New York, also representative John Dingell, a Democrat of Michigan. That bill requires airlines to inform their passengers about chronically delayed or canceled flights. It also requires them to provide food, water, and restrooms to their passengers aboard a delayed plane, and for those of us who don't like sitting on airplanes for six hours at a time, allows passenger to leave planes that are delayed for more than one hour unless that flight will leave within the next 30 minutes. Now, there also are some competition provisions here that have been added allowing the Department of Transportation, the secretary there, to have some oversight of over-scheduling and come back to Congress with a progress report on whether or not the airlines are keeping up to their schedules or not. The attempt here on Capitol Hill, end the finger-pointing. They want some answers here today, Natalie.</s>ALLEN: All right, thank you, Patty Davis on Capitol Hill.
Lawmakers Again Focus on Airline Delays