forced to delay a $12 million runway rebuilding project. at the durango airport, officials are concerned an ongoing $3 million apron rehabilitation project which currently employs 30 coloradans will receive a stop work order next week if congress fails to act and at the denver international airport, one of the crown jewels in this country, officials are concerned that the shutdown will affect scheduled concrete and asphalt work on a runway and maintenance on passenger loading bridges. these delays could affect the overall safety of colorado airports, and they are affecting jobs right now. nationwide, an estimated 3,500 f.a.a. workers began to be furloughed this past saturday. 276 these workers are in colorado, either sent home or forced to work without pay. to his great credit, chairman rockefeller has recently introduced legislation that would allow the f.a.a. to continue to pay those workers even during this shutdown. i've co-sponsored that legislation and hope the senate considers to do it today. but we need to do more than that. we've been asked to do more than the bare minimum by our constituents. you know, we've gotten to the point aroun