{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://pittenger.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/pittenger-to-faa-stop-making-excuses", "Pittenger to FAA:  Stop making excuses", "2014-09-29", "2014", "2014-09", "Republican", "House", "NC", "Robert Pittenger", "P000606", "pittenger.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\n\u00a0\n CONGRESSMAN PITTENGER TO FAA:\u00a0STOP MAKING NEW EXCUSES, ISSUE RULING ON AIRPORT COMMISSION \n\u00a0\nCHARLOTTE \u2013 Today, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) provided yet another excuse for not making a decision on an operating certificate for the Charlotte-Douglas International Airport Commission. In a letter to Congressman Robert Pittenger (NC-09), the FAA stated their review of the proposed management transfer \u201chas not been triggered with respect to Charlotte Douglas International Airport because the current airport sponsor (the city of Charlotte) has not requested that FAA transfer sponsorship.\u00a0 Moreover . . . . FAA will refrain from evaluating the request where the ownership and control of the airport remains the subject of an ongoing legal dispute.\u201d \u201cFirst, the FAA told me they couldn\u2019t make a decision until the lawsuit was resolved.\u00a0 Then they told me they couldn\u2019t make a decision until the General Assembly clarified specific points of the legislation which created the Airport Commission.\u00a0 Now they tell me they can\u2019t start the process until the City of Charlotte makes a request,\u201d said Congressman Pittenger. \u201cWhy does the FAA keep dragging out new excuses?\u00a0 Why wasn\u2019t all of this information disclosed during our first meeting in April of 2013?\u00a0 Charlotte Douglas International Airport is key to creating jobs and growing the economy.\u00a0 Uncertainty over who runs the airport is bad for the economy and threatens the thousands of jobs which could be created by the new intermodal transport facility.\u201d Congressman Pittenger is focused on obtaining a clear decision from the FAA to resolve the ongoing dispute over airport governance and has not taken sides in the debate.\n\u00a0\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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": ["http://pittenger.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/pittenger-to-faa-stop-making-excuses"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8743889629840851, "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"}