U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) today announced that the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved H.R. 4441, the Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization (AIRR) Act, to modernize and streamline our aviation system leading to fewer delays and savings for taxpayers. H.R. 4441 also includes Davis’ provision to help make flying easier for families and his amendment to exempt small drones from regulation under the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). “Yesterday, the commit...
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) today will offer an amendment to H.R. 4441, the Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization Act of 2016 (AIRR Act), that would benefit small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), or drone, manufacturers like Horizon Hobby in Champaign, IL. The amendment would create a new exemption for small UAS from regulation under the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Davis will offer this amendment, along with U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.), at today’s House Transportati...
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) today released the following statement after President Obama delivered remarks before the Illinois General Assembly: “I appreciate the president traveling to my district and his message of bipartisanship but actions speak louder than words and I hope he takes this advice back to Washington as well. Unfortunately, I have not seen a lot of bipartisanship from this president since I came to Congress. Just yesterday, he released his most divisive budget yet – a budget...
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) today announced that his provision to help make flying more family-friendly was included in the bill to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which was released by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today. Davis’ provision would require airline carriers to notify passengers traveling with young children if seats are not available together at the initial booking stage. “Traveling with children can already be very stressful for pa...
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Washington, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) and Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, are working to include language in the upcoming reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that would make it easier for families to fly together. Last year, Davis and Nadler introduced H.R. 3334, the Families Flying Together Act of 2015, which would direct each airline carrier to notify passengers traveling with minors if seats are no...
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) today announced that he has nominated 10 local students for admittance to the U.S. military academies. The nominations for these students were made following an application and interview process. Final determination on admission is made by the individual academies. “As a Member of Congress, I have the privilege of nominating these accomplished young men and women to our nation’s service academies,” said Davis. “The honor of attending a service academy comes with a...
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) today released the following statement after President Obama vetoed Senate Joint Resolution 22, disapproval of the EPA’s “waters of the United States” or WOTUS rule. “It’s disappointing that just days after President Obama spoke about cutting ‘red tape’ in his State of the Union address, he doubles-down on a rule that could add burdensome permitting requirements for any farmer with a drainage ditch or pond on their land. This is just another overstep by the admini...
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis’ (R-Ill.) goal to engage employers in addressing the student debt crisis is gaining traction with private businesses. Davis’ bill, the Employer Participation in Student Loan Assistance Act, allows employers to provide a tax-exempt benefit to employees to help them pay down their student loans. Below are exerts from a recent Associated Press article by Joseph Pisani, AP Business Writer: Employers are discovering that making it easier for workers to pay off their student loa...
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) released the following statement after the Obama administration announced today it has ordered a moratorium on new leases for coal mined on federal lands: “Another day, another anti-coal regulation from this administration,” said Davis. “Today’s move was about nothing more than furthering this president’s legacy and climate change agenda, which will result in increased energy costs and job losses for millions of Americans. Just this week, the House voted to stop y...
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) tonight released the following statement after President Obama delivered his final State of the Union address: “I believe the president missed an important opportunity tonight. I had hoped that our enemies and all of our allies listening would have heard from our Commander in Chief tonight that America will no longer lead from behind, but instead from a position of strength. Unfortunately, all we heard was the president digging in on the same failed foreign polici...
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