Top Intel Democrat Points The Finger At Elon Musk For FAA Problems
The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT), pointed the finger at Elon Musk and Trump for allowing Musk to fire tech specialists and maintenance people at the FAA.
The Trump administration is demanding $50 billion more taxpayer dollars to fix an FAA that was antiquated in many respects, but not broken, until Trump 2.0 came along.
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The FAA was in a fragile place before Trump and his unqualified Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy, came along and made the situation worse and more dangerous for the American people.
To hear the Trump administration tell it, they are the ones fixing the problem, but members of Congress see the situation differently.
The likely next chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) was asked about Sec. Duffy’s $50 billion funding request.
On CBS’s Face The Nation, Margaret Brennan asked Himes, “Congressman, you just heard the secretary ask for $50 billion in funding for upgrades. There are 16 working days left in the House. Are you going to consider that funding request?”
Himes put the blame on priorities and Elon Musk.