WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)-Ranking Member of the Senate Subcommittee on Aviation, Space and Innovation-today lambasted the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for its failure to carry out key safety procedures, maintain crucial inter-agency communications with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and address the air traffic controller (ATC) shortage leading up to the tragic, but preventable, DCA mid-air collision. During today's hearing with National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chair Jennifer Homendy, Duckworth stressed the urgent need for the FAA to heed her yearslong calls to invest in our ATC workforce and equipment and improve inter-agency...