WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Sen. Dick Durbin issued the following press release:
U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today sent a letter to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Bryan Bedford about the urgent need for greater FAA investment and efficiency at Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD). Specifically, the Senators' letter urged the FAA to prioritize ORD for Air Traffic Control (ATC) staffing and technology, to allow full use of ORD's runway capabilities, and to give full and fair consideration to federal grant applications to invest in ORD's Terminal Area Plan project to increase gate capacity.
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