Mr. President, the impact on air travel was one of the most visible aspects of the chaos that ensued during the Democrats 43 day government shutdown. Flights were snarled throughout the shutdown, but it got progressively worse as the shutdown drug on. By the time Democrat shutdown entered its second month, the FAA was forced to order cutbacks in air traffic. As a matter of fact, safety and more would have been required if it hadn't been able, if we hadn't been able to finally reopen the government when we did so. (00:44–00:55)
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Asserts that the FAA had to order air traffic cutbacks during the second month of the government shutdown.
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