{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-releases/duckworth-reacts-to-new-federal-report-detailing-faas-boeing-oversight-failures", "Duckworth Reacts to New Federal Report Detailing FAA\u2019s Boeing Oversight Failures", "2024-10-11", "2024", "2024-10", "Democrat", "Senate", "IL", "Tammy Duckworth", "D000622", "www.duckworth.senate.gov", "duckworth", "https://www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "[WASHINGTON, D.C.] \u2014 Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)\u2014Chair of the Senate\u2019s Aviation Safety Subcommittee\u2014issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s Office of Inspector General (OIG) released its new comprehensive audit of the Federal Aviation Administration\u2019s (FAA) oversight of Boeing 737 and 787 aircraft production, which revealed weaknesses and failures in FAA\u2019s oversight processes and systems that limit its ability to identify and resolve Boeing production issues.\n\n\u201cFrom seeking to recreate the type of permissive policies that allowed Boeing to sell flawed aircraft that later crashed and killed hundreds to classifying obviously systemic safety concerns as merely \u2018isolated\u2019 issues, this report\u2019s findings underscore my longstanding belief that FAA is not effectively holding Boeing accountable and ensuring it meets production safety standards and requirements,\u201d said Senator Duckworth. \u201cAs the federal agency responsible for ensuring Boeing improves its safety culture and making sure every Boeing plane that leaves the factory fully meets approved standards that are in place to keep passengers safe, FAA clearly has work to do to better protect the flying public and I will continue my close Congressional oversight of those efforts.\u201d\n\nDuckworth has long pushed for improved federal oversight of Boeing. In June, she urged FAA Administrator Whitaker to make sure the FAA requires transparency and accountability as it oversees Boeing\u2019s Safety and Quality Plan. In April, Duckworth implored FAA to scrutinize Boeing\u2019s bad behavior and use its civil enforcement authority more often, when appropriate, and also called on the agency to review Boeing\u2019s disturbing pattern of failing to disclose critical safety information about 737 MAX planes to pilots. In January, Duckworth called on FAA to reject a petition by Boeing for a safety exemption to allow the 737 MAX 7 to be certified to fly despite having another known safety defect that has not yet been fixed. The Senator subsequently met with Boeing\u2019s CEO David Calhoun and urged him to withdraw the company\u2019s petition, which the company did just days later, crediting Duckworth\u2019s reasoning for the decision.\n\nDuckworth helped author the landmark bipartisan FAA reauthorization that was signed into law in May to extend the FAA\u2019s funding and authorities through Fiscal Year 2028. The reauthorization included several of her provisions to improve consumer safety, expand the aviation workforce and enhance protections for travelers with disabilities. Duckworth noted that while it was a tremendous victory for the flying public, more needs to be done to address the recent issues that have come to light with Boeing since a door plug blew out of an Alaska Airlines flight mid-flight.\n\n-30-", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:55:29Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-releases/duckworth-reacts-to-new-federal-report-detailing-faas-boeing-oversight-failures"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3882741332054138, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}