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Sanford Applauds President Trump on Air Traffic Control Modernization

Statement

Date: June 6, 2017
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Business and Consumers Executive Branch

Today, Representative Mark Sanford (R-SC) released the following statement after President Trump announced Monday principles to modernize the nation's air traffic control system:

"Our nation's air traffic control system is long overdue for an influx of ideas and innovation from outside the government bureaucracy. For decades, the federal government has tried to upgrade our air traffic control system, but what once started as a $40 billion modernization project back in the 1980s is now projected to cost $120 billion following a long record of federal mismanagement and inefficiency. Still, the technology coordinating today's flights dates back to WWII.

Accordingly, I applaud President Trump's announcement declaring his support for the creation of a stakeholder-managed organization to oversee our air traffic control system. House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Chairman, Bill Shuster, has taken a leadership role in this effort here in Congress. Accordingly, I am pleased to be working with the Chairman and the Administration to move air traffic control into the 21st century."


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