Bill Nelson actually said...

I think that one of the keys to successfully completing NextGen is to have predictability in the funding stream.

I believe that the sequester cuts of last year, we have never seen that before where they actually sent controllers home to meet the mandate...

So, the first funding was in 2009. We have been talking about this at least for a decade.

I want to make sure that other communities like ours at least get a fighting chance.