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A Good Start to the New Year
by Kim Blonigen
Strong Supporters of Aviation Leading rominent Committees in Congress
and FAA, will be instrumental in crafting legislation to reauthorize the FAA.
DeFazio and Shuster have both been members of the T&I Committee since they entered Congress – Defazio in 1987 and Shuster in 2001. Both have also been loyal supporters of business aviation. The two legislators were members of the House GA Caucus in the 113th Congress, and were among the majority of representatives who signed a letter in 2013 opposing President Obama’s plan to institute aviation user fees.
PA s the 114th Congress got underway in January, two veteran aviation policymakers, Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA) and Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), are the chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure (T&I). The T&I Committee, which has jurisdiction over all modes of transportation and provides legislative oversight of the U.S. Department of Transportation
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AVIATION ISSUES
