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Without A Special Session, Agency Will Remain Partially Closed Until After Labor Day
The U.S. House of Representatives went into recess August 1 without waiting for the Senate to reach a conclusion on authorizing funds for the FAA, which has been partially shut down since July 22. This means that for the nearly 4,000 employees who have been furloughed without pay, the earliest they could return to work would be the first part of September. The Senate adjourned Tuesday without passing a reauthorization bill or continuing resulution.
FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt and DOT Secretary Ray LaHood held a telephone conference call with the media Tuesday. They reiterated that since July 22, airports around the country have lost $2.5 billion in federal dollars for important airport projects, 70,000 construction workers and workers in related fields have been laid off, and approximately 4,000 FAA employees have been on furlough.
"All we are asking is for Congress not to leave Washington. Just don't leave. There's unfinished work on this FAA bill. There's too much at stake for our aviation system and the dedicated professionals who maintain and improve it," NATCA President Paul Rinaldi said in a statement. "Since this(Monday) morning, Congress squandered another $30 million in lost revenue for critical projects that affect the safety, efficiency and modernization of our aviation system, bringing the total to over $270 million lost since the start of this FAA partial shutdown 10 days ago, along with leaving 4,000 FAA employees and 70,000 construction workers laid off and in limbo. Congress must not leave this unfinished business on its desk before adjourning for the August recess. If that happens, it would mean Congress, by the time it returns in six weeks, would have taken $1.5 billion out of the aviation system.
Without A Special Session, Agency Will Remain Partially Closed Until After Labor Day
The U.S. House of Representatives went into recess August 1 without waiting for the Senate to reach a conclusion on authorizing funds for the FAA, which has been partially shut down since July 22. This means that for the nearly 4,000 employees who have been furloughed without pay, the earliest they could return to work would be the first part of September. The Senate adjourned Tuesday without passing a reauthorization bill or continuing resulution.
FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt and DOT Secretary Ray LaHood held a telephone conference call with the media Tuesday. They reiterated that since July 22, airports around the country have lost $2.5 billion in federal dollars for important airport projects, 70,000 construction workers and workers in related fields have been laid off, and approximately 4,000 FAA employees have been on furlough.
"All we are asking is for Congress not to leave Washington. Just don't leave. There's unfinished work on this FAA bill. There's too much at stake for our aviation system and the dedicated professionals who maintain and improve it," NATCA President Paul Rinaldi said in a statement. "Since this(Monday) morning, Congress squandered another $30 million in lost revenue for critical projects that affect the safety, efficiency and modernization of our aviation system, bringing the total to over $270 million lost since the start of this FAA partial shutdown 10 days ago, along with leaving 4,000 FAA employees and 70,000 construction workers laid off and in limbo. Congress must not leave this unfinished business on its desk before adjourning for the August recess. If that happens, it would mean Congress, by the time it returns in six weeks, would have taken $1.5 billion out of the aviation system.
Really? You may want to look into the issue rather that accepting what you are being told to think.
FAA shutdown to continue as Congress leaves - Yahoo! News
"But his House counterpart, Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., ruled out that possibility. The only way left to end the shutdown is for the Senate to agree to a previously passed House bill containing $16.5 million cuts in air service subsidies to 13 rural communities that some Democrats — particularly Rockefeller — find objectionable."
The only one holding this up now is Mr. Rockefeller," Mica said. One of the 13 communities that would lose subsidies is Morgantown, W.Va."
FAA shutdown to continue as Congress leaves - Yahoo! News
"But his House counterpart, Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., ruled out that possibility. The only way left to end the shutdown is for the Senate to agree to a previously passed House bill containing $16.5 million cuts in air service subsidies to 13 rural communities that some Democrats — particularly Rockefeller — find objectionable."
The only one holding this up now is Mr. Rockefeller," Mica said. One of the 13 communities that would lose subsidies is Morgantown, W.Va."
FAA shutdown to continue as Congress leaves - Yahoo! News
"But his House counterpart, Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., ruled out that possibility. The only way left to end the shutdown is for the Senate to agree to a previously passed House bill containing $16.5 million cuts in air service subsidies to 13 rural communities that some Democrats — particularly Rockefeller — find objectionable."
The only one holding this up now is Mr. Rockefeller," Mica said. One of the 13 communities that would lose subsidies is Morgantown, W.Va."
Finding the truth is so hard sometimes, isn't? .....
FAA shutdown to continue as Congress leaves - Yahoo! News
"But his House counterpart, Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., ruled out that possibility. The only way left to end the shutdown is for the Senate to agree to a previously passed House bill containing $16.5 million cuts in air service subsidies to 13 rural communities that some Democrats — particularly Rockefeller — find objectionable."
The only one holding this up now is Mr. Rockefeller," Mica said. One of the 13 communities that would lose subsidies is Morgantown, W.Va."
Biyam!!!
So I guess it's safe to say that democrats don't care about keeping thousands of people employed? They would rather 74,000 people lose work than eliminate gov't welfare subsidies.
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