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Foxx: Rather than Inflicting Unnecessary Pain, the President and FAA Should be Cutting Waste

Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today released the following statement on the FAA’s announcement of how it plans to carry out savings required by sequestration:

“Rather than inflicting unnecessary pain on the American people, President Obama and his FAA should be cutting waste. Within the FAA’s budget, there are $2.7 billion in non-personnel costs that should be scrutinized and seriously trimmed before the President or his Transportation Secretary cry ‘doomsday.’

“Examples include $500 million taxpayer dollars spent by the FAA on consultants, $143 million on operation costs for the FAA’s 46 aircraft, and $200 million on supplies and travel.

“The President’s FAA officials have the discretion to reduce such excess and apply savings to the essentials. They should stop threatening the American people with shuttered air traffic towers and use the power they have to cut taxpayer funded waste first.”

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