Earlier this year, Republicans took a major step forward in air traffic modernization with the One Big Beautiful bill, which made a significant investment in technology improvements for the air traffic system. Mr. President, The systems being used in air traffic control towers today are in desperate need of an update. This funding will help to deploy state of the art technology to towers across America. One example of the need for modernization is what happened at the Newark Airport, one of the busiest airports in the country, earlier this year. (00:19–00:24)
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Asserts that current air traffic control systems are outdated and need updating.
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