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Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Gwen Moore (WI-4) voted in opposition to the conference report to the FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act (H.R. 658). The House approved the conference report by a 248-169 vote. She released this statement:

“Rather than bring a ‘clean’ FAA bill to the floor that would make the needed system improvements - including the adoption of the Next Generation system to keep up with rising demands, and provide greater consumer protections - House Republicans chose to channel Scott Walker and add labor provisions that could make it harder for unions in the railroad and aviation industry to organize. It is for this reason that I could not in good conscience support this legislation.

“Let me be clear - I fully support modernizing our nation’s aviation system to ensure greater protections for travelers including members of our military and the diligent and hardworking federal employees who continue to maintain and operate this system safely and efficiently. Additionally, there are several provisions in the FAA reauthorization conference report that I support, including an amendment I authored asking the Department of Transportation Inspector General to examine the airports that have successfully incorporated small, minority-owned and disadvantage business enterprises into federally funded projects and making recommendations on how to spread those best practices across the nation. 

“Unfortunately, my Republican colleagues have once again chosen to inject partisan politics into what should be a purely bi-partisan piece of legislation.

“We need an aviation system that works for everyone, including the employees of the system. This cannot be achieved through this piece of partisan legislation which pits unions and longstanding labor protections against each other.”

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