On the recordJune 12, 2002
On June 4 of this year, the administration amended executive order 13180 dated 12/7/2000 by amending the language that deemed air traffic control as an inherently governmental function. This is the first step toward privatization of air traffic control, and it is a slap in the face to our Nation's wonderful air traffic controllers. On 9/11 our air traffic controllers safely landed 5,000 planes in 2 hours without an error. They did an incredible job. What else must be done to prove that the current system that we have that is in place works well? Mr. Speaker, I do not want my family or other Americans to board commercial airliners that the traffic in the sky is controlled by the lowest bidder. I think we have tried that with airline security and have clearly demonstrated without a shadow of a doubt that it does not work. I rise today in opposition to this plan to privatize air traffic control.
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