WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen issued the following press release:

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Congresswoman April McClain Delaney (D-Md.), along with Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Don Beyer (D-Va.), Kweisi Mfume (D-Md.), Suhas Subramanyam (D-Va.), and Sarah Elfreth (D-Md.), in urging the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to pause use of its new artificial intelligence-enabled air traffic management tool until the agency answers questions about safety testing, implementation, and oversight.

The letter to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford raises concerns about the September 21 deployment of the Strategic Management of Airspace, Routes, and Trajecto...