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Howard Hughes：I care very much about aviation.It has been the great joy of my life.That's why I put my own money into these planes.And I've lost millions,senator,and I'll go losing millions.It's just what I do.Now,if I've lost a lot of the government's money during the war,I hope folks will put that into perspective.More than 60 other airplanes ordered from such firms as Lockheed,Douglas,Northrop and Boeing never saw action either.In all,more than $800 million was spent during the war on planes that never flew.Over 6 billion on other weapons that were never delivered.Yet Hughes Aircraft,with her 56 million is the only frim under investigation here.I cannot help but think that has a little moreto do with TWA than planes that did not fly.
霍华德·休斯：我非常在乎航空业，这是我人生最大的乐趣，这也是为什么我把自己的钱投资在飞机上，我已经损失了几百万，参议院，我还将继续损失几百万，这就是我在干的事情。尽管我让美国政府损失了不少钱，但是我希望民众用一种带有远见的眼光来看待问题，其他公司也收到超过60种飞机的订单，比如洛克希德，麦道，诺斯罗普，还有波音，他们也没有交付成品，政府在战争期间总共花费了8亿美元，在飞不起来的飞机上，超过60亿的军火从来没有被交付过，而休斯航空因为它的5600万美元，却是唯一一家在这里被调查的公司，我不禁要猜想是针对环球航空公司本身，还是针对那些飞不起来的飞机。
