Regional Affairs

Sen. Dorgan urges colleagues to support FAA funding bill

When progress stalled on an FAA funding bill in the Senate this month, Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) took to the floor, urging his colleagues to focus on the issues at hand and support the compromise bill without user fees. As a member of the Senate Commerce Committee, Sen. Dorgan helped broker that compromise. “Does anybody really think modernizing our air traffic control system is somehow a back-burner issue?” he asked his colleagues. Read more on AOPA Online.

May 16, 2008