Trump Presses for Air Traffic Control Overhaul, Elon Musk Points to 'Rapid' Upgrades
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President Donald Trump said he would speak to congressional leaders about passing a “single bill” to overhaul the nation’s air traffic control system.
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“We should have had better equipment, we have obsolete equipment,” Trump said in an address to lawmakers and global leaders at the National Prayer Breakfast.
He said he would speak to Senate majority leader John Thune, Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Mike Johnson about passing “a single bill” to reform the air traffic control system.
“We spend billions of dollars trying to renovate an old broken system instead of just saying, ‘Let’s
