U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Fights for EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in Bipartisan Effort

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U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin today worked across party to lines to fight for full and fair funding that would help ensure EAA AirVenture Oshkosh will continue for years to come.

Senator Baldwin sent a letter urging the Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation Chair and Ranking Member to direct the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to provide essential air traffic and safety support services at major aviation events, including airshows, around the country in the Fiscal Year 2018 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill.

"For the last 60 years, FAA has provided essential air traffic services to major aviation events," wrote the Senators. "Without FAA's air traffic control and safety support services, major aviation events will begin to shutdown, resulting in significant negative economic impacts to the general aviation community."

Directing the FAA to provide these essential services would ensure that Wisconsin's annual EAA AirVenture Oshkosh airshow, and other major aviation events hosted annually around the country, will continued to be enjoyed by audiences for years to come. In recent years, FAA has charged major aviation events for the essential air traffic services and safety support needed to conduct such events--ending a long standing FAA policy. Without FAA's air traffic control and safety support services, many annual aviation events and airshows may begin to shut down.

Senator Baldwin has long been a champion of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. In 2013, Senator Baldwin called on the FAA Administrator to provide essential air traffic services at the 2013 Airshow in Oshkosh.

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