Representative Kiley Attends SpaceX Launch, Plans to Unveil Legislation to Reduce FAA Bureaucracy

WASHINGTON – Today Representative Kevin Kiley (R-CA) attended SpaceX’s Starship Flight 6, paving the way for future space exploration and American innovation. Rep. Kiley will also introduce legislation to make the Office of Commercial Space Transportation report directly to the Secretary of Transportation. This comes after Rep. Kiley questioned Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Whitaker before the Aviation Subcommittee with respect to the FAA’s decisions with SpaceX launches in September. Click here to view Rep. Kiley’s exchange with Michael Whittaker during a Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing. 

“When America innovates, America wins. Today’s successful launch is one more step toward a brilliant future that makes the U.S. the envy of the world,” said Rep. Kiley. “All that is required moving forward is a common-sense regulatory environment that rewards innovation and encourages productivity. My bill streamlines the oversight process by moving the Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) out from under the FAA and requiring AST to report directly to the Secretary of Transportation. This eliminates the middleman in the reporting process and enables AST to keep pace with a rapidly growing industry.”

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