{"id":2448348,"date":"2025-06-17T12:01:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T16:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/duffy-aggressively-supports-big-beautiful-bill-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T12:03:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T16:03:00","slug":"duffy-aggressively-supports-big-beautiful-bill-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/duffy-aggressively-supports-big-beautiful-bill-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Duffy \u2018aggressively\u2019 supports big, beautiful bill &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fduffy-aggressively-supports-big-beautiful-bill-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2448348&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-trump-religious-groups-begin-turning-up-heat-on-gop-to-take-action-on-marjorie-taylor-greene\/\" title=\"Pro-Trump, Religious Groups Begin Turning Up Heat On GOP To Take Action On Marjorie Taylor Greene\">expressed strong support<\/a> for the &#8220;Big Beautiful Bill&#8221; aimed at funding a major upgrade to the Federal Aviation Management&#8217;s (FAA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pompeo-haley-slam-bidens-foreign-policy-decisions\/\" title=\"Pompeo, Haley slam Biden\u2019s foreign policy decisions\">air traffic control system<\/a>, noting that the initial allocation of $12.5 billion will only serve as a starting point. Duffy pointed out ongoing issues with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-committee-finds-nation-losing-election-workers\/\" title=\"Senate Committee Finds Nation Losing Election Workers\">outdated equipment<\/a>, such as phantom aircraft appearing on radar and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >significant outages affecting air traffic<\/a>. Despite his enthusiasm for the bill, he acknowledged that additional funding will be necessary to fully address the FAA&#8217;s needs, emphasizing that stakeholders-including lawmakers and the public-share the goal of enhancing the air traffic control system. The bill is currently awaiting a vote in the Senate, with republicans aiming for it to reach President Trump by July 4.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Duffy &lsquo;aggressively&rsquo; supports big, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-reconsiders-two-track-reconciliation-approach-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Trump reconsiders two-track reconciliation approach - Washington Examiner\">beautiful bill<\/a> for air traffic control reboot: &lsquo;Gives us a start&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2116966\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Transportation Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/sean-duffy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Sean Duffy<\/a> said he &ldquo;aggressively&rdquo; supported the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/budget-reconciliation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Big Beautiful Bill<\/a> Act on Monday, but admitted it is only &ldquo;a start&rdquo; at meeting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/federal-aviation-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Federal Aviation Administration<\/a>&rsquo;s needs as it works to overhaul its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/aviation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">air traffic control system<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The bill allots an initial $12.5 billion for the FAA to update outdated equipment. Some problems air traffic controllers have had in the past are phantom aircraft on radar and equipment outages that led to a large outage on April 28.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3443816\/joni-ernst-2026-reelection-announcement-fall\/\">Joni Ernst teases &lsquo;big&rsquo; fall reelection announcement as challengers stack up<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3443457\/hillary-scholten-cancels-town-hall-minnesota-shooting-list\/\">Hillary Scholten cancels town hall after being named on Minnesota shooting suspect&#8217;s &#8216;list&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3441314\/alex-padilla-fundraising-democrats-kristi-noem-encounter\/\">Democrats cash in on Alex Padilla&rsquo;s clash with federal agents<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>While appearing on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/video\/2025\/06\/16\/transportation-secretary-our-system-is-safe-a-we-have-the-safest-skies-in-the-world-here-in-america.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">CNBC&rsquo;s<em> Squawkbox<\/em><\/a>, Duffy said the current funding in the reconciliation bill before Congress is &ldquo;not enough.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;$12.5 billion is really important, it gives us a start to build this project, which is why I aggressively support the big, beautiful bill, but it&rsquo;s not enough, again, we need more money,&rdquo; Duffy said. &ldquo;The Senate has and is thinking about giving us some more money, and I think the American people want it. So if we get the cash, we&rsquo;re going to do it differently. Congress doesn&rsquo;t have faith in the FAA.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Duffy explained that the FAA upgrades will bring a &ldquo;different kind of team&rdquo; to help implement the changes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/editorials\/3443069\/one-big-beautiful-bill-benefit-for-everyone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>ONE BIG, BEAUTIFUL BENEFIT FOR EVERYONE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to have a different kind of team, and if you think about it, you have two chairmen in the House and the Senate,[SenTed[SenTed<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ted-cruz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Cruz<\/a> (R-TX)]and[RepSam[RepSam<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/sam-graves\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Graves<\/a> (R-MO)]; the president cares about aviation,&rdquo; Duffy said. &ldquo;You have me, who cares, an industry that cares, the American people care. There&rsquo;s no better time to fix our air traffic control system.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Big Beautiful Bill Act is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3436648\/voters-trump-big-beautiful-bill-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">awaiting a vote <\/a>in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">the Senate<\/a>. Republicans hope to have it on President Donald Trump&rsquo;s desk by July 4.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2116966\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2116966\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Duffy backs air traffic control bill, calls it a &#8220;start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3821,"featured_media":2448349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Duffy-Newark-crashed.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[55268,45442,3723],"class_list":["post-2448348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-big-beautiful-bill","tag-duffy","tag-support"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Duffy-Newark-crashed.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3821"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2448348"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2448352,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448348\/revisions\/2448352"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2448349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2448348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2448348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2448348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}