WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth issued the following press release:
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)-Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation-today urged Federal Aviation Administrator Bryan Bedford and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to secure the safety of the D.C. airspace by rejecting President Donald Trump's plan to turn his "Triumphal Arch" project into a military installation that houses a large number of drones, snipers and ammunition. In her letter to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), Duckworth slammed the FAA and DoD for wasting precious time and energy on this pet project that will jeopardize aviation safety as they conti...