Washington, Feb. 24 -- Rep. Don Beyer issued the following press release:
House Republican leaders today secured the defeat of the ROTOR Act, aviation safety reform legislation drafted in response to last year's fatal accident in the skies above DCA that claimed 67 lives. As family members of victims looked on from the House Gallery, Speaker Mike Johnson, Majority Leader Steve Scalise, and Majority Whip Tom Emmer all voted against the legislation, along with other members of the House GOP leadership team. They closed the vote as members were still arriving in the Chamber; when the gavel came down, the bill was just three votes short of passage.
Rep. Don Beyer, who represents a Northern Virginia district that includes National Airport (DCA...