WASHINGTON, D.C.–Congressman Andy Harris, M.D. released the following statement on the news that the FAA will not be closing the 149 contract towers across the country including those at the Easton and Salisbury airports:
“I am glad to see that the towers in Easton and Salisbury will remain open. It is unfortunate that President Obama chose to implement budget cuts in the most painful manner possible to make a political point. He could have instructed the agencies in question to be prepared for these cuts or worked with Congress on a plan to institute greater flexibility so there was no threat of tower closure.
“I voted for the Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013 that allowed Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood to transfer $253 million from the FAA’s Airport Improvement Program to their operations account – removing any remaining doubt that the FAA could end the furloughs and keep the contract towers open in Easton and Salisbury.”
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He voted for this?? What self respecting conservative votes in favor of this waste of money. Run him out and lets get a real man in there to make real tough dicisions.
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