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Statement of Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) on the release today of a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that examined the effects of past budget uncertainty on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA):

“This GAO report further highlights the need for Congress to take a comprehensive look at reforming the FAA after decades of budget uncertainty and inability to meet its critical deadlines.  It’s clear that we need to come together to find a new path forward that ensures that Americans can travel our skies safely and more efficiently, and that U.S. aviation is globally competitive well into the future.”

Click here to read GAO’s report, which includes examination of the impacts of the uncertain congressional authorization, budget, and appropriations processes on the agency’s ability to simultaneously operate the aviation system while simultaneously implementing a complex modernization of the system.

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