Political Quotes

“Mr. President, in 2003, Congress mandated the Next Generation Air Transportation System known as NextGen, transitioning our radar-based system with radio communication to a satellite-based one, to increase safety and efficiency. NextGen deployment has been bogged with delays and cost overruns, highlighted by Government Accountability Office reports. Final implementation is to be completed by 2025. This legislation would simply create measurable annual performance goals and hold federal officials accountable to meeting these goals through the remainder of implementation. I want to thank Senator Booker for being original cosponsors of this bill and I ask my other Senate colleagues to join us in support of this legislation. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 3502 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``NextGen Accountability Act''. SEC. 2. NEXTGEN ANNUAL PERFORMANCE GOALS. Section 214 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-95; 49 U.S.C.…”