Duffy, Mullin call for $50B air travel 'overhaul' in fiery ground stop briefing

The Hill - Nov 14, 2026

Trump administration officials reupped their calls for a multi-billion-dollar investment into updating the U.S.'s "incredibly old" air traffic control systems, calling out Congress for "[kicking] the can down the road" on improvements they argued could have prevented Friday night's nationwide ground stop. “What we have is an incredibly old air traffic control system,” Transportation Secretary...

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