John Thune: “Recent ATC issues at airports across the country have certainly highlighted the need for modernization.”

I mean I can't defend anything that guy says or does.

Try as we did on the House-passed version of it, we weren’t going to get there, and it was the small refineries issue.

When the Senate completes its business on Aug. 8, to meet for pro forma sessions only at 10 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. 8 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026.

There’s some states that are going to be on the hook for a pretty big payment.