Van Hollen on Sec. Duffy’s $50B FAA Funds: His First Response Was to Point Fingers and Blame Congress

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VAN HOLLEN: "So Dana good to be with you. And first of all the American people need an air transportation system that is safe but also reliable. And what happened the other day is unacceptable. I will support whatever level of money is necessary to fix this problem. We should fix this problem on a bipartisan basis. Unfortunately, secretary duffy first response just the other day was to point fingers and blame Congress. You heard him again talk about the fact that Congress hadn‘t provided the resources necessary. But in fact, Congress has met the Trump Administration‘s request. And it was Republicans who, in their so-called big, beautiful bill that put in the $12.5 billion of which they‘ve only spent one third. So it‘s really rich to hear the secretary pointing the fingers at Congress when Congress has given the administration what they asked for. If they need more, they should come up and justify it. I will support what is necessary to have a safe system and a reliable system."