| Result 21 - 30 of 4555 |
February 24, 2026
Senators Ted Cruz R Texas and Maria Cantwell D Wash worked with aviation groups victims families and the National Transportation Safety Board to craft comprehensive legislation that could have prevented...the National Transportation Safety Board whose investigation of the accident confirmed their proposals would have made a difference They also won support from a range of aviation groups and victims families...Rotor Act would have saved lives but the House bill does not implement her agency s most critical safety recommendations I have stood by families over the last year as they grieve as they receive condolences...
February 24, 2026
Facebook Twitter YouTube Whistleblower Press Releases Home Newsroom Press Releases Print Families Safety Advocates Air Traffic Controllers Pilots Flight Attendants Airports Regional Airlines Others Push...And we are definitely doing further reforms WASHINGTON D C Following the National Transportation Safety Board s NTSB release of its final report on the deadly midair collision between a U S Army Black...this afternoon on bipartisan legislation that would close critical safety gaps identified by investigators and implement key NTSB safety recommendations Passed unanimously by the Senate in December 2025...
February 20, 2026
ROTOR Act Hunter wrote that the bipartisan ROTOR Act implements key NTSB recommendations and closes safety gaps that will save lives The ROTOR Act requires all aircraft in congested airspace to send and receive...sharpened the urgency Over the last year we have done what families should never have to do learn aviation safety rules track congressional calendars and press lawmakers to act so no one else is forced into...addresses safety failures that contributed to our accident failures the National Transportation Safety Board has already identified through its investigative process and formal board adopted safety recommendations...
February 19, 2026
statement We are encouraged that House lawmakers are ready to vote to enact the NTSB s post DCA crash safety recommendations including the ROTOR Act We look forward to the House honoring the 67 lives lost in...loopholes that caused the accident and has broad support from the Families of Flight 5342 aviation safety advocates aviation businesses labor unions Trump administration officials and many others We will continue...safer Background The ROTOR Act enacts a long standing recommendation from the National Transportation Safety Board NTSB that all aircraft required to broadcast their locations via ADS B Out should receive those...
February 12, 2026
by default is in the bill The FCC must tell the numerous partners who care about interference in aviation weather and defense what they are doing The Cruz Cantwell substitute includes key Cantwell improvements...identify other bands critical to federal missions that if deemed granted would endanger national defense safety of life or property and must exclude them Struck the narrow definition of national security leaving...system isn t the same risk as a 1 000 000 satellite mega constellation and systems critical to public safety and national defense must be protected No shot clocks or expedited processes take effect until the...
February 12, 2026
February 12 2026 at 10 00 am EST Last month the National Transportation Safety Board NTSB released its findings probable cause and safety recommendations following the January 29 2025 midair collision between...recommendations addressing airspace design ADS B requirements controller procedures and military aviation safety governance Chairman Ted Cruz s R Texas bipartisan Rotorcraft Operations Transparency and Oversight...lost for us to learn this lesson Witness Hon Jennifer Homendy Chairwoman National Transportation Safety Board Hearing Details WHAT Full Committee Hearing titled The NTSB Final Report on the DCA Midair...
February 12, 2026
Transportation delivered the below opening statement at a hearing about the National Transportation Safety Board s NTSB final report on the January 29 2025 mid air collision near DCA Airport that took the...political system is supposed to work where the victims have to come and be the biggest advocates for safety that is certainly what the Colgan Air families have done So we certainly remember them today And...I know they will be following today s discussion very closely You have stood with us to make our aviation system safer including your support for the ROTOR Act which was critical in trying to push this...
February 12, 2026
Airlines flight and a U S Army Black Hawk helicopter that killed 67 people the National Transportation Safety Board NTSB recommended that aircraft operating in congested airspace be equipped with ADS B In and...New York We remember the 50 lives lost as we somberly meet to discuss another deadly aviation accident Aviation safety relies on the swiss cheese model to mitigate and manage risk Layers upon layers of human...just over one year ago that safety system failed three miles from here at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport For more than 15 years pilots controllers and reams of aviation data detected at least one...
February 12, 2026
Releases Home Newsroom Press Releases Print Commerce Committee Passes Legislation to Strengthen FAA s Safety Management System February 12 2026 WASHINGTON D C Today the U S Senate Commerce Science and Transportation...Science and Transportation and Senators Tammy Duckworth D Ill Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Aviation Space and Innovation Mark Warner D Va Ed Markey D Mass Jeanne Shaheen D N H Amy Klobuchar D Minn...effective FAA safety management system SMS to better predict manage and mitigate safety risks across the agency The NTSB has found that the FAA s weak oversight and failure to act on the safety data it had...
February 12, 2026
WASHINGTON D C In her opening remarks at today s Commerce Committee hearing on the National Transportation Safety Board s NTSB final report on the tragic mid air collision near DCA Senator Maria Cantwell D Wash...
| Prev | Next |
Types
- Press Releases (1541)
- Hearings (606)
- Review (11)
- Hearing Statements (6)
- Fact Sheets (3)
- Speeches (3)
- Opinion Editorials (1)
Labels
- Democratic (1025)
- Democratic Press Office (202) 224 8374 (1006)
- Republican (755)
- Republican Press Office (202) 224 1251 (720)
- Aviation (421)
- Full Committee (380)
- Aviation Safety, Operation (358)
- Surface Transportation, Autos, Rail, Trucking (310)
- Surface Transportation, Maritime, Freight, and Ports (301)
- 118th (272)
