Democrats and Republicans in the House are trying to keep user fees out of the President’s proposals for the 2011 budget.
Rep. Jerry Costello (D-Ill.), chairman of the House Aviation Subcommittee, and Ranking Member Thomas Petri (R-Wis.) are circulating a letter, which is being signed by other members of the House, that calls for no user fees. Reminding the President that user fees have been proposed several times in the past, the letter says any new proposal for user fees “will not be well received in the House.”
The letter goes on to tell the President that any proposed user fees will result only in a useless debate and detract from important issues such as the NextGen air traffic control system.