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Regional Aviation News McCain,
Lott Ask White HouseTo Consider Airline Help As House colleagues unveiled an airline aid bill, Senate Commerce Committee Chair Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and aviation subcommittee Chair Trent Lott (R-Miss.) yesterday asked President Bush to consider helping the airline industry. In a letter to the White House, McCain and Lott said they wanted to “inquire whether the Administration has considered the industry’s proposals for assistance.” The senators also wanted to know whether the White House had decided the airlines’ financial woes are now bad enough “that the Administration will seek congressional or other action to provide relief to the industry and, if so, what types of reasonable relief it might recommend to address the many looming problems described by the industry.” There were unconfirmed
rumors on Capitol Hill yesterday that the President’s war budget supplemental
would contain aid to the airline industry. A spokesman for House Majority
Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) said the staff had not
yet seen the supplemental and could not say whether it did help the airlines,
while a spokesman for Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) said it was “definitely
a rumor that’s out there.” DOT Secretary Norman Mineta
told an FAA Forecast Conference Tuesday that “President Bush and his
Administration are in daily contact with the industry and are carefully
considering all options. And while I will not go into specifics regarding any
legislative proposals under review in Congress at this time, we will be ready
to move quickly if the need arises.” -DM Source:
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