[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5688]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            FIXING DEMOCRAT PROBLEMS III: FAA FLIGHT DELAYS

  (Mr. MEADOWS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MEADOWS. Madam Speaker, this administration seems bound and 
determined to wield their sequester--automatic, across-the-board cuts--
like a club in order to drive their political agenda. Their latest 
move? These politically motivated flight delays being felt by travelers 
at airports all across America.
  The Federal Aviation Administration apparently believes that the only 
way to implement these cuts is to furlough thousands of traffic 
controllers, tying up the skyways all across this country. It would 
appear that they've missed the $2.7 billion in potential savings that 
they've chosen to ignore.
  Did they really need to spend $325 million in travel costs, 
especially when their operation budget has already grown by 109 percent 
since 1996? These unnecessary flight delays are just the latest proof 
that this administration is clearly more interested in making a 
political point than coming up with serious solutions to the problems 
that our Nation faces.
  We need to cut wasteful spending for more efficient, effective 
government that would foster a healthier economy and create jobs now.

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