[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 114 (Wednesday, July 27, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H5594]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             EXTEND FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION FUNDING

  (Ms. BROWN of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. BROWN of Florida. Saturday morning at midnight, following 20 
previous clean extensions, funding for the Federal Aviation 
Administration was allowed to expire.
  Why did this happen? Simple. Just like the Republican Party's lack of 
leadership over the debt ceiling debate, they absolutely refuse to 
compromise to extend funding for the FAA. For them, this debate is 
theoretical. Yet for the 4,000 Americans throughout the Nation who are 
paid out of the FAA trust fund that will not be paid, and tens of 
thousands who are affected by the cancellation of the airport 
construction projects, this situation is real. For the State of 
Florida, that includes over 3,000 airport construction jobs lost and 27 
FAA employee jobs, 19 of them in the Orlando International Airport.
  Let me just be clear. The reason that the FAA extension was not 
renewed is because the House Transportation Committee chair, Mr. Mica, 
inserted language into the FAA extension bill that would end the 
program that provides subsidies to rural airports.
  Shame, shame, shame on the Republican leadership in this House.

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