Senators Block President’s FAA Nominee

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Senators Robert Menendez and Frank Lautenberg, both Democrats representing New Jersey, announced Thursday they would block President Bush’s nomination of Robert Sturgell from reaching the Senate floor for a vote, according to The Associated Press. The two Senators based their stand on flight delays originating in East Coast airspace and Sturgell’s actions as acting administrator to alleviate those delays. The government has announced limits for arrivals and departures at New York-area airports and is working on airspace redesigns that often prove unpopular with communities worried their neighborhoods will be negatively impacted by increased noise from rerouted aircraft. “It’s time for President Bush to nominate an administrator who solves transportation problems, rather than creating more of them,” Lautenberg told the AP. The Senators’ action would not have any immediate effect on the agency as Sturgell is already acting administrator.

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