https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2025\/01\/31\/defazio-plane-crash-blame-00201767<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“For years, the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority warned Congress that the region\u2019s airports were at capacity, DeFazio said in an interview with POLITICO Magazine. But their pleas for restraint fell short among lawmakers, who voted to add more flights to an airport already struggling with its heavy load and a shortage of air traffic controllers caused by previous government shutdowns and pandemic-era hits to its workforce.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery senator in particular wants a nonstop flight to and from wherever they live,\u201d said DeFazio, an Oregon Democrat. He noted that a reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration passed last year added even more flights to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. \u201cThe airport said, \u2018Don\u2019t do it.\u2019 And they did it. So they added to what DCA said is already an overly congested and over-capacity airport.\u201d (Congress has added more than 60 new flights to Reagan since 2000, over the objections of airport officials.)” <\/p>\n
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