Tax On Bonuses Received From Certain TARP Recipients

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Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to support the FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Act. This important legislation will modernize our air traffic control systems, improve safety, and protect passenger rights.

This bill will provide historic funding levels to improve airports, streamline operations, and update our air traffic control system to make it safer and more efficient. It strengthens air carrier oversight and revises training requirements to ensure that all the pilots in the cockpit have the most advanced certification. Finally, it provides vital consumer protections to make sure that when there are long delays on the tarmac, passengers have the option to leave the plane.

I hope my colleagues will join me to support this bill and that we move quickly to reconcile differences with the Senate and enact this much-needed legislation.

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