Byron Dorgan: “This is the FAA reauthorization bill, reauthorizing a wide range of programs in the Federal Aviation Administration. We…”

“This is the FAA reauthorization bill, reauthorizing a wide range of programs in the Federal Aviation Administration. We have put together a piece of legislation that has substantial modernization pieces in it that will modernize the air traffic control system, provide substantial improvements in safety, improvements in the airport improvement program to invest in and expand the infrastructure in aviation. I worry now, on the fifth day on this legislation, that if we don't get it done today, we may not get this bill done at all. That would be a shame because this authorization has languished for a long time. Rather than reauthorize the FAA with a new authorization, we have extended it 11 straight times. That describes how difficult it is to get things done.”