Rep. Sean Duffy argues Congress must fund a new airspace software system to handle 20–40% travel growth in five–ten years, citing bipartisan urgency despite delays. Public input has already refined policies for smoother airport operations, with upgrades rolling out gradually. He ties this to Trump’s travel vision but pivots abruptly to C-SPAN’s praised neutrality, where callers defend its uninterrupted, fact-based coverage—underscoring how even infrastructure debates reveal deeper divides in trust over institutions. [Automatically generated summary]
We just talked about, you asked the question about what's going to happen over Christmas.
We just saw a historic level of travel during Thanksgiving.
But as we look five years out, 10 years out, we're going to see an increase in air travel and complication in the airspace, 20, 30, 40%.
So I need a new software system to manage the airspace, to bring more efficiency to the airspace, to make sure you're not delayed.
And by the way, in an era of politics and partisanship, this is not partisan.
Democrats and Republicans agree on this.
Even the traveling public, Republican or Democrat, agree.
Independents like it.
And so it's just the Congress finding out the right vehicle to give us the money.
And again, the sooner I get the money, the sooner I can complete or start this phase and then complete this phase of the mission.
Anything else you want to add before we may have that we can improve the experience?
My favorite thing is to take your ideas, make them my own, and then sound really smart and insightful.
And then you get the benefit of getting your idea implemented into a policy.
And so I do think the public feedback has been remarkable for us.
And we take it, we listen to it, and we have pure hearts trying to make your experience better in airports.
It doesn't happen overnight.
I can't fix it immediately, but you're going to see progressive improvement as you travel because of the hard work and effort that we're putting into making America great again, making travel great again, accomplishing the vision that President Trump had for travel and for this country.
By the way, now Bobby and Paul are going to do pull-ups if you want to watch this.
I might do a couple.
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You are so fair.
I don't know how anybody can say otherwise.
You guys do the most important work for everyone in this country.
I love C-SPAN because I get to hear all the voices.
You bring these divergent viewpoints and you present both sides of an issue and you allow people to make up their own minds.
I absolutely love C-SPAN.
I love to hear both sides.
I've watched every morning and it is unbiased.
And you bring in factual information for the callers to understand where they are in their comments.
It's probably the only place that we can hear honest opinion of Americans across the country.
You guys at C-SPAN are doing such a wonderful job of allowing free exchange of ideas without a lot of interruptions.
Thank you, C-SPAN, for being a light in the dark.
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