[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 25, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H291-H292]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                REFORM THE NOTICE TO AIR MISSIONS SYSTEM

  (Mr. HIGGINS of New York asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. HIGGINS of New York. Mr. Speaker, on January 11, the failure of 
the Notice to Air Missions system grounded thousands of flights across 
America. This malfunction created air travel chaos for days.
  This system is essential to safe flight operations and needs to be 
reformed. The Notice to Air Missions Improvement Act takes a proactive 
approach to make much-needed upgrades.
  Many of the airline safety measures implemented over the past 15 
years were borne out of the lessons we learned following the crash of 
flight 3407 outside of Buffalo. We must not wait for another tragedy to 
make the

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necessary steps to protect the flying public.
  I support this bipartisan bill, and I urge my colleagues to do the 
same.

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