White House wants to reorganize Department of Transportation; tries to revive air traffic control spinoff plan

June 22, 2018
By STEPHANIE BEASLEY, With help from Brianna Gurciullo and Tanya Snyder, Politico Morning Transportation; June 22, 2018

IF WE HAD IT OUR WAY: The Trump administration on Thursday unveiled a far-reaching proposal to reorganize the federal government, with four pages dedicated to our favorite department. The document makes clear that the administration still wants air traffic control operations taken out of the FAA, even though President Donald Trump abandoned a bill from House Transportation Chairman Bill Shuster that would’ve done that. “It had a chance five months ago. I’ve passed an FAA bill and had to take out privatization,” Shuster told CQ’s Jacob Fischler. “[The bill] passed the House and the Senate’s not going to do it. So five months too late. Great idea.”

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