Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ted Budd (R-N.C.), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), John Curtis (R-Utah), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) this week introduced the Aviation Innovation and Global Competitiveness Act, bipartisan legislation to improve the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) type certification process for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) aircraft. The Senators’ legislation aims to help American AAM companies succeed and…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Ted Budd (R-N.C.) this morning published an opinion piece in Newsweek entitled: “Congress Should Help Air Innovation Take Flight.” In their op-ed, the Senators urge Congress to build on America's proud history of global aviation leadership…

WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement on last night’s tragic crash involving a plane and military helicopter at Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA):  “The collision at DCA of an American Airlines flight and a military helicopter is a shocking tragedy, and…

Highlights Electric Aviation in the State  WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a Senate Commerce Committee hearing today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) questioned U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Whitaker about how the FAA plans to address the major shortage in air traffic controllers that…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, and Chair of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, joined Sens. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), JD Vance (R-Ohio), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Steve Daines…