CEDAR RAPIDS — U.S. Rep. Tom Latham says he'll push for more funding for Federal Aviation Administration examiners so new aviation technology products can be approved to market faster.
Latham, an Iowa Republican who chairs an appropriations subcommittee overseeing the agency, will play a role in talks over a permanent funding bill for the FAA, which had a partial shutdown earlier this month after Congress let its funding expire.
Latham said it is outrageous that the FAA's operations came to a halt and that should never happen again. He said that having adequate funding for the agency's product certification staff, which has to review new technologies, will be one of his top priorities in the upcoming re-authorization bill.
Latham made the remarks Wednesday during a rally with Rockwell Collins employees in Cedar Rapids. — AP
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