This afternoon, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to extend the current FAA funding until August 1, 2010. Below please find a statement from Chuck Muth, President of Citizen Outreach, about the latest extension.

“With today’s vote for yet another extension on the FAA Reauthorization Act, Tennessee Sens. Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander allowed a provision closing a special interest loophole in the nation’s labor law benefiting FedEx to block legislation that funds the FAA and makes air travel safer. The U.S. House made it clear months ago that it is ready to act in the nation’s interests. But the Senate, under filibuster threat from protectionists Sens. Corker and Alexander, continues to turn a deaf ear to public pleas for safer air travel.

“It’s time to pass an FAA bill so that Americans can benefit from important air safety improvements and next generation navigation systems, as well as the thousands of jobs that will be created by improving airport infrastructure. We call on Sens. Corker and Alexander and FedEx to abandon their selfish and unfair corporate welfare effort and let this vital legislation move to President Obama for his signature.”