{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.moran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ID=093FFA84-5A7C-4D54-A085-0B8509F839E5", "Sen. Moran Applauds Mike Whitaker\u2019s Senate Confirmation to be FAA Administrator", "2023-10-24", "2023", "2023-10", "Republican", "Senate", "KS", "Jerry Moran", "M000934", "www.moran.senate.gov", "moran", "https://www.moran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) \u2013 ranking member of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation Safety, Operations, and Innovation \u2013 today voted to confirm Mike Whitaker to be the Administrator for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The FAA manages the world\u2019s most complex aviation system overseeing more than 45,000 flights a day and almost 3 million airline passengers.\n\n\u201cAfter more than 550 days without a permanent leader at the FAA, confirming Mr. Whitaker to be administrator is a welcome and significant step towards resolving persistent challenges at the FAA,\u201d said Sen. Moran. \u201cI congratulate Mr. Whitaker on his confirmation, and I look forward to working with Mr. Whitaker to ensure the FAA has the resources needed to promote safety and innovation within the nation\u2019s airspace system.\u201d\n\nDuring a Commerce Committee hearing on Mr. Whitaker\u2019s nomination, Sen. Moran announced his support for Mr. Whitaker\u2019s nomination as FAA Administrator.\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:43:12Z"]], "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.moran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ID=093FFA84-5A7C-4D54-A085-0B8509F839E5"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6411289796233177, "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"}