Jay Rockefeller: “We have known a long time we have been underfunding our aviation system as a whole, particularly our air traffic control…”

“We have known a long time we have been underfunding our aviation system as a whole, particularly our air traffic control system, reforming the FAA--all the rest of it --building airports. Overall, aviation funding is increased by 25 percent in this bill. It is a start. FAA operations funding is increased. Airport money is increased by 33 percent; air traffic control modernization is increased by 40 percent. This is the first shot we have at making the airways safe for the American people. I urge my colleagues to support the bill.”