{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-releases/duckworth-reacts-to-short-term-faa-extension", "Duckworth Reacts to Short-Term FAA Extension", "2023-12-19", "2023", "2023-12", "Democrat", "Senate", "IL", "Tammy Duckworth", "D000622", "www.duckworth.senate.gov", "duckworth", "https://www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "[WASHINGTON, DC] \u2013 U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)\u2014Chair of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation (CST) Subcommittee on Aviation Safety, Operations and Innovation\u2014today issued the following statement after the Senate passed a short-term extension of the Federal Aviation Administration\u2019s (FAA) authorization.\n\n\u201cAs Chair of the Aviation Safety subcommittee, I\u2019m encouraged that Senate negotiators are close to finalizing a strong, full FAA Reauthorization bill that builds on the existing post-Colgan safety system\u2014including leaving the 1,500 hour rule as-is\u2014supercharges air traffic controller hiring, improves on the technology and equipment needed to prevent near-misses and ensures the FAA has the tools it needs to strengthen pilot training and safety margins. Today\u2019s vote will give us the time we need to do just that.\u201d\n\n-30-", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:56:20Z"]], "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-short-term-faa-extension"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.207088051363826, "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"}