共和党众议员蒂姆·伯切特（田纳西州）周六上午呼吁其党内国会领导层——众议长迈克·约翰逊（路易斯安那州）和参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩（南达科他州）“挺身而出”，敦促两人通过立法为航空旅行基础设施更新提供资金，以应对周五发生的全国性停飞事件。“我们知道这不是什么蓄意破坏。我们知道我们的设备陈旧过时。我认为你们将面临的问题在于参议院，”伯切特在福克斯新闻频道节目《周六看美国》中表示。“众议长约翰逊和领袖图恩都需要挺身而出……并通过一份纯净法案，”他补充道。
GOP Rep. Tim Burchett (Tenn.) called on his party's congressional leadership — House Speaker Mike Johnson (La.) and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (S.D.) to "step up to the daggum plate" Saturday morning, urging the pair to pass legislation funding air travel infrastructure updates in light of Friday's nationwide ground stop. “We know that it wasn’t some nefarious thing. We know we got antiquated material. The problem you’re going to have, I think, is with the Senate,” Burchett said in an appearance on Fox News's "Saturday in America." “Both Speaker Johnson and Leader Thune need to step up to the daggum plate … and pass a clean bill,” he added.
联邦航空管理局（FAA）于周五美国东部时间下午4点左右发布全国性停飞令，持续约四小时。停飞结束后的简报会上，交通部长肖恩·达菲再次呼吁国会为美国“极其陈旧”的空中交通管制系统提供更新资金。约翰逊周六在接受采访时呼应了达菲的资金诉求，称：“我们其实不需要任何调查……我们需要进一步投资。”伯切特身兼众议院政府效率实施小组委员会（DOGE）主席，在福克斯节目中提到《警报法案》（ALERT Act）——该法案聚焦航空安全与防撞技术应用——同时描绘了一幅参议院低效的图景。
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued the nationwide ground stop around 4 p.m. EST Friday, lasting for around four hours. During a briefing after the stoppage, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy again called on Congress to fund updates to the U.S.'s "incredibly old" air traffic control system. Johnson, during an interview on Saturday, echoed Duffy’s funding demand saying, “We don’t really need any investigation … we need further investment.”Burchett, who chairs the House Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE), pointed to the ALERT Act — focused on aviation safety and the use of collision prevention technologies — while painting the picture of an ineffective Senate in his Fox remarks.
该立法是针对2025年陆军直升机与客机在里根华盛顿国家机场附近发生致命相撞事故而制定的，于4月在众议院通过，但迄今未在参议院获得表决。
The legislation, which was created in response to the fatal 2025 collision between an Army helicopter and a commercial jet near Reagan Washington National Airport, passed in the House in April but has yet to receive a vote in the upper chamber.
达菲周六上午在新闻发布会上表示，一条电信线路切换可能引发了周五的FAA停飞事件，并指出承包商L3Harris当时正在将一根旧铜线更换为新光缆。周五，他曾将事故归因于路由器数据过载。
In a press briefing Saturday morning, Duffy said a telecommunications line switch may have started Friday’s FAA ground stoppage, noting contractor L3Harris had been replacing an older copper wire with a new fiber cable. On Friday, he attributed the incident to an overload of data on routers.
伯切特表示，他认为国会可能在一周内通过额外的联邦航空管理局（FAA）拨款，并敦促约翰逊和图恩将其列为优先事项，因为共和党即将在1月把两院多数党地位让给民主党。“你们知道什么会比这项法案更贵……葬礼和诉讼，”伯切特说。“如果我们不解决这个该死的问题，那将是我们面临的后果。”
Burchett suggested he thinks Congress could pass additional FAA funding within a week, urging Johnson and Thune to prioritize as the GOP prepares to relinquish its majorities to Democrats in January. “You know what’s gonna be more expensive than this bill … funerals and lawsuits,” Burchett said. “That’s what we’re gonna have if we don’t fix this daggum problem.”