dca is undercapacity because dca was approved for more than a thousand flights a day in the 1960s andhere's only 890 flights in and out today so therefore there must be more capacity at dca. those who ask that question are stating a truth. dca was approved for over a thousand flights a day in the 1960s. when most of the flights have props, not just -- when most of the craft were smaller -- and had fewer passengers, and could take off and land on shorter runways. so yes in the aviation world of the 1960s dca was approved over a thousand flights. but in the aviation world of 2024 where it is jets with more passengers to take more time to land and take off, that -- isn't that relevant. it is not that relevant and, in fact, another change that's happened it's important that i alluded to earlier is we were set up for a thousand in and out more than a thousand in and out in the 1960s well 9/11 happened since then. and after 9/11, thank god -- we've imposed much more stringent criteria on air traffic overt d.c. region that capital, pentagon, white house, congress, to makegi sure that there a

where is dca today? today dca is pressed to the gills and 25.5 million passengers a year are coming into or out of dca. and it's pressed in another way. the airport was built so that the 15 million passengers would be spread across the three runways. larger planes from father away on the main runway and then commuter planes on the commuter runways. but there have been significant advances in the configuration of airlines and commuter airplanes that used to be turboprops are now jet. most airplanes that come into dca have to use the main runway. so to summarize that, a very small airport that was designed for 15.5 million passengers spread across three runways is now dealing with a passenger load of 25.5 million passengers with 90% of those having to land on the main runway. how does that make dca ranking with other airports in the united states? well, again, because of its small size, there are a umnumber of airports that have more passengers in and out. dca is the 19th busiest airport in the united stat

dca built a long time ago, 868 acres. t is about 12,000 acres, dallas-fort worth about 19,000 acres, denver 32,000 acres. when reagan national was built, it was a little bit the trend to build smaller airports near downtowns because the airplanes were smaller. they were props, with fewer passengers, and lighter and didn't need as much landing runway space to take off or land.maryland. when reagan national was built, and if you've bb there -- bb there, you -- been there, you know it can't be expanded. it was built with three runways, a primary runway and two commuter runways, and the estimate was in the 1960's, that reagan national with three runways could accommodate 15 million passengers a year. where, where -- well, where are where, where -- well, where are today? reagan national is not 25 and a half million passengers this. twenty five and a half million in additional two thirds over what was built for with three runways. the idea was to spread over three runways but that is when they were smaller and now they are jets

it's been over a decade since congress has expanded access to dca. and the inclusion of five round-trip flights is a modest proposal that will bring down prices for flyers in the d.c. region and from western states. this modest increase will not result in negative impacts or delays, nor will it result in loss of flights for anyone who currently receive service. i repeat, it will not result in loss of flights for any route that currently receives service. despite the threats and the fear mongering from the army of united airline lobbyists who are actively working to protect their dulles monopoly, by my count of united threatened service cuts, these five round-trip flights will lead united to cancel air service to more than half of the states in the union. don't believe the propaganda and i have to say it's not in the interest of any senator to support a policy that reduces competition, enhances monopoly product for one airline, united airline and drives up the prices not only for the residents of virginia, d.c. and maryland, but for all who come from

to dca. this bill improves competition and in terms of the joan all traffic there are -- of the overall traffic there are 800 slots at d.c. reagan. when this bill is adopted, it will go from 800 to 805. so it is a small, reasonable increase. i would also point out dca reagan is the only airport in the country that has federal slot control and a restriction on long haul flights. this is in no other airline in the country, and there's a long protectionist history why this one airport is subject to threes restrictions. i want to make one final point. in addition to being a benefit for everyone going to our nation's capital or from our nation's capital, a benefit that impacts the entire country, americans from all 50 states travel to washington, d.c., to our nation's capital, whether it's school kids coming to tour the capitol, whether it's families coming to the smithsonian, whether it is people coming to the holocaust museum or the lincoln memorial, whether it's people coming to see the cherry

dca is uncapacity because dca was approved for more than 1,000 flights a day in the 19 60's an there's only 890 flights out a day, therefore, there must be more capacity. those that ask that question are stating a truth. dca was approved for over 1,000 flights a day in the 1960's when most of the flights had props, not jets, when most of the craft were smaller and had fewer passengers and could take off and land on shorter runways. so, yes, in the aviation world of the 1960's, it was approved for over 1,000 flights, but now when there is more time to land and take off, that isn't that relevant. it's not that relevant. and, in fact, another change that that's happened that's important that i alluded to earlier, is we were set up for more than 1,000 in and out in the 1960's, but 9/11 happened since then. since 9/11, we have imposed much more stringent criteria over the region, the capitol, pentagon and congress, so that there wouldn't be any real serious harm and risks to people on planes and people who live in the area. the faa said, you're right we did approve a higher capacity in the

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one way to do so that may cause a doctor may have a chance of and dissolving dca policies. government. but i'm not sure about that, but more oh a. and what i'm most open about is that if a guy who's sitting he's elyse a retire from the government, leave the guy, the coordination, and the government. i think that may be a good impact on the level of a demonstrations because unfortunately a, or those thousands and thousands of people. i was there yesterday basing by the way to identify when it's by the police and by the supporters of anything. you know, i was there and they did this a down thousands, st. thousands of demonstrators and put this dose in the streets of the cities and the, and that downs it needs. right. but still a, i think there's no moxie or, or mosse is that i would have expected to see. even guns leaves the government. i think that to me a cause to more people, thousands of people to go in the streets and ducks may, in effect, change the, the government but not in the short term. and it does seem like the longer the situation continues, the more people, because the mor

we go with dca talkie post celebrate cody, how many do keywords, even part of the medical, how many vehicles got to go? how many, many like the indian authorities are playing catch up, trying to hunt down those behind the viable, deep face, the, by the time they catch them. in most cases, the damage has already been done. or we don't know what the true impact could be off of it, and deep fakes and their ability to influence what does it seem to entities. but there was a survey done by a cyber phone calls, mcafee singled with the last 12 months, or was 75 percent of indians had been exposed to the faith content, either by way of audio or video. i think it often works in the interest of political bodies do have degrees owns on what a i does on what the fix to on what misinformation this information and feed me was does so obviously fake re i even manipulation and media has been around for a long time, but what's really different about the intakes and just the realism of the outputs that cannot be generated. and the problem is that the takes don't just make things look real. but it also provide

reagan national airport, dca, although taboo, , a postage sta, 860 acres. by order of comparison does airport is about 12,000 acres. dallas-fort worth is about 19,000 acres. denver is 32,000 acres. when reagan national was built there was a little bit the united states to build a smaller airports near downtown because the airplanes were smaller. and they were props with fewer passengers and they were lighter in the didn't need as much landing runway space to take off or land. when reagan national was built on this 860 acres and if you been there you know it's 860 that can be expanded because it's surrounded on three sides by water and on the other side by you is, not u.s., the george washington parkway. no way to expand this. it was built with three runways. a primary runway and two commuter runways, and the estimate was in the 1960s that reagan national with these three runways could accommodate 15 million passengers a year. 15 million passengers a year. where are we today circa 2024? reagan national is not 25.5 million passengers a year. 25.5 million pass

it has been over a decade since congress expanded access to dca and the inclusion of trips will bring down prices for consumers in the d.c. region and western states. this modest increase will not result in negative impacts or delays nor will it result in loss of flights for anyone who currently receives service. i repeat, it will not result in loss of flights for any route that currently receives service. despite the threats and fearmongering from the army of united airlines lobbyists who are actively working to protect their dulles monopoly. by my count of united's threatened service cuts, these five round-trip flights will leave united to cancel air service to more than half the states in the union. don't believe the propaganda. and i have to say it's not in the interest of any senator to support a policy that reduces competition, enhances monopoly products for one airline, united airlines, and drives up the prices not only for the residents of virginia and d.c. and maryland but for the residents of all 50 states who come to our nation's capital. in contrast this modest addition of

dca recovery in the economy? -- do you see a recovery in the economy? >> not yet.est news on the gdp expectations. germany more on the lower end. your structural things we have to do. we have to work on our infrastructure investment. putting a break on our -- the government. >> do you think the debt break needs a reform? >> well, i do believe selectively it makes sense to do that. i am pro a tight hand on budgets. we should be tight on our money. there is a lot of inflow. we have under investment in infrastructure over so many years. underinvested distribution. to catch up and at the same time put a brake on spendings is something that is contradictory. my point is we should have picked up the point in saying we have to invest over outdated infrastructure. this goes into schools, universities. the education system and the like. there might be a selective release would be a good idea. we need germinates to do some basic homework's -- when need germany to do some basic homework. we need an inflow of immigrants. this is the reason why we are voting for tolerance and r

and this is the seat of government and basically this is a modest proposal that will add about 1% to dca's daily operations and i think that my colleagues respectfully have certain interests they are trying to protect in their -- and their safety issues do not hold water, we hope we can have some more flights and it is just a handful of flights coming in and out of the airport that serves the nation's capital and people west of the mississippi. they should have access as well as folks on this site to go back and forth every single day. >> in addition to serving on the transportation committee also serve and a few other key committees including the senate banking committee and i would like to lean on that expertise you have for a moment if you will, we got a report out yesterday that independent third-party probe into a toxic workplace culture at the fdic and there are some republicans who are now calling for the resignation of the fdic chair, do you think he should resign? >> let me say that i am still reviewing the report, what i am seeing, what i am seeing is concerning even disturbing,

coming across in the last year and, you know, flying in and out of china is not like getting out of dca back home to st. louis. it is a much different ordeal and i guess i want to ask, you know, in 60 minutes' report about some content being pushed through social media channels about vulnerabilities at the border, i'm certainly concerned about espionage operations. what information do we have about who these people are? what activities are taking place when they cross our southern border? it's just, it seems like this is happening now at a rate that just doesn't feel natural to the extent anything happening at the southern border make sense, but certainly the number of chinese nationals coming across is a great concern to me and i'm wondering if you could speak to that. >> senator, the number of chinese that have come across the border is a big concern of mine. in fact, in a short period of time that i have been in commands, i have gone down to the southern border to talk to the agents and leadership about that and i've spoken with the acting commissioner on this subject. what concerns

flying in and out of china is not like getting out of dca back home to st. louis. it is a much different ordeal. i guess i just want to ask -- you know, 60 minutes had a report about some content that is being pushed through social media channels and vulnerabilities with the border. i am certainly concerned about us in's operations. what information do we have about who these people are, what i dvds are taking place when they cross our southern border? it seems like this is happening now at a rate that just does not feel natural, to the extent that any of this that is happening at the southern border makes any sense but certainly the number of chinese nationals coming across is of concern to me and i wonder if you can speak to that. >> senator, the number of chinese coming across the border is a big concern of mine. in the short period of time that i have been in command, i have gone down to the southern border to talk to the agents and leadership about that. and i've also spoken with the acting commissioner of the cdp on the subject. what concerns me most about sp

reauthorization bill and in the committee, they chose not to jam more flights into dca. and then when the bill was on the floor, someone tried to make the amendment that's the same amendment that's before today say add ten slots ten flights and house rejected it. so this is not a battle with the house. the house is -- accepted the advocacy of the faa and regional delegation they've paid heed to the potential impacts on delay and cancelations and even potential collisions. they've said we're not going to run this risk. the last thing we want is for there to be something bad happen out at that airport and people stick a mic in our face say you knew this and warned and voted for it anyway. so the house rejected this. and what senator warren and i and senator van hollen and four senators from the region affected by this bill affected very dramatically by the bill we're asking hoping our senate colleagues will too we want to support this faa bill it has a lot of good in it but when it comes to jamming flight on the busiest airport on the united states we're saying what the ai