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September 22, 2025
International Civil Aviation Organization ICAO this week to push to raise the mandatory commercial pilot retirement age As ICAO convenes in Montreal tomorrow to address issues facing the global aviation industry...pilot retirement age will help ensure America continues to lead in setting the standard for aviation safety efficiency and reliability Earlier this month Sen Cruz also called for the United States to lead...refused to raise the retirement age for commercial pilots from 65 to 67 years old Democrats had no safety argument only pointing to international standards as a reason to do nothing Senate Republicans including...
September 17, 2025
hearing on the renomination of Michael Graham to serve as a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board NTSB and the nominations of Dr Ethan Klein to be Associate Director of the Office of Science...
September 17, 2025
to Implement Safety Recommendations Including ADS B In Technology September 17 2025 WASHINGTON D C During the nomination hearing of Michael Graham to serve on the National Traffic Safety Board NTSB U S...Federal Aviation Administration s FAA safety oversight pointing to the agency s failure to act on numerous warnings at Washington National Airport DCA and its long delays in implementing NTSB safety recommendations...equipping aircraft with ADS B In capability will provide an immediate and substantial contribution to safety especially during operations in and around airports Sen Cantwell questioned Graham about the long...
September 16, 2025
International Civil Aviation Organization General Assembly September 16 2025 ICAO s failure to recognize Taiwan s sovereignty emboldens China and harms value of international aviation standards WASHINGTON...International Civil Aviation Organization ICAO as a matter of aviation safety and national security ICAO will convene in Montreal next week to address issues in the global aviation industry In the letter...letter Sen Cruz highlights the role Taiwan plays in international aviation noting that Taiwan s Taoyuan International Airport is one of the busiest hubs in Asia He argues that excluding Taiwan from ICAO s...
August 8, 2025
Releases Print DOT Launches Safety Audit of FAA Oversight of DCA Airspace August 8 2025 Cantwell colleagues demanded DOT and Army OIGs dig into how both failed to act on safety warnings WASHINGTON D C The...Department of Transportation Office of the Inspector General DOT OIG today announced it will spearhead a safety audit of FAA s oversight of DCA airspace In June Senator Maria Cantwell D Wash Ranking Member of...DOT s Acting Inspector General and the Inspector General of the Army Army OIG requesting concurrent safety audits in response to the January 29th mid air collision and ongoing coordination issues between...
August 1, 2025
straightforward message for the Federal Aviation Administration FAA Do its job Her comments came near the end of the second day of the three day National Transportation Safety Board NTSB investigative hearing...act on safety warnings that unaddressed could lead to a deadly collision There is an alternative by the way that is for the FAA to do its job and we need this agency to be aggressive about safety the data...Shared Airspace Act of 2025 SOSA to strengthen aviation safety at DCA airports across the nation and the FAA The bill was the first comprehensive aviation safety legislation responding to the January 29 2025...
August 1, 2025
Commerce Science and Transportation joined MSNBC s Morning Joe to discuss the National Transportation Safety Board s NTSB investigative hearing into the January 29 2025 mid air collision between an Army Black...hearing which concludes today has revealed massive failures by FAA leaders to listen to and act on safety warnings from its own front line employees W hat it all points to is that the FAA needs to listen...and they need to lead on better safety regimes said Sen Cantwell We cannot have this kind of transportation corridor congested with both military and commercial aviation space and allowing for just a few...
July 29, 2025
Releases Print Sen Cruz and Colleagues Introduce ROTOR Act July 29 2025 Legislation would put ADS B safety tech in aircraft and improve air traffic control WASHINGTON D C Today U S Senate Commerce Committee...introduced the Rotorcraft Operations Transparency and Oversight Reform ROTOR Act to improve aviation safety The bill comes six months to the day after the tragic January 29th midair collision near Ronald...airspace around DCA Upon the introduction of the bill Sen Cruz said Today is an auspicious day for aviation safety a day marked by a revived spirit of hope and a shared determination to act in the face of an...
July 23, 2025
Department in improving safety and investing in our nation s infrastructure The Department s leaders must be committed to holding the transportation sector s it regulates to protect safety and consumer standards...Zerzan the General Counsel plays a critical role in everything the Department does determining which safety requirements are approved or eliminated signing off on grant agreements and allowing cities and states...General Counsel during the first Trump Administration orchestrated a number of rollbacks on important safety issues and I hope to ask you questions about that and look for a different approach I am alarmed...
July 9, 2025
Federal Aviation Administration U S Senator Maria Cantwell D Wash Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce Science and Transportation released the following statement The next Federal Aviation Administrator...approach to aviation safety said Sen Cantwell They need to provide the leadership at the FAA to ensure America is the gold standard for aviation safety Mr Bedford s willingness to change safety policies like...Cantwell emphasized that we must have an Administrator who is an unwavering champion for safety who strengthens safety standards rather than seeking a way around them Throughout his questioning Bedford refused...
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