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

On the recordMarch 8, 2000
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.
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Jay Rockefeller
Democratic · West Virginia
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing aviation funding and the importance of the bill for air traffic control and airport improvements.

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