The Senate Finance Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing on the FAA Reauthorization Bill on Dec. 10th.

This action will help move the FAA Reauthorization bill one step closer to a vote on the Senate floor. We are hopeful that the Finance Committee will quickly follow this hearing with its markup of the bill, clearing the final hurdle for the Senate to vote on the bill.

Also, 35 U.S. senators, including eight Republicans, sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell voicing their support for moving the FAA Reauthorization Bill forward.

In the letter the senators said the bill would be a big step in creating jobs and nationwide. You can read the letter here.

The senators who signed the letter were:

John Kerry, D-Massachusetts
Sam Brownback, R-Kansas
Kent Conrad, D-North Dakota
Benjamin Nelson D-Nebraska
Kit Bond, R-Missouri
Mark Begich, D-Alaska
Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon
Paul Kirk, Jr., D-Massachusetts
Roland Burris, D-Illinois
Bob Casey, D-Pennsylvania
Blanche Lincoln, D-Arkansas
Mike Crapo, R-Idaho
Jon Tester, D-Montana
Tom Harkin, D-Iowa
Al Franken, D-Minnesota
Frank Lautenberg, D-New Jersey
Amy Klobuchar, D-Minesota
Ron Wyden, D-Oregon
Kristen Gillibrand, D-New York
James Inhofe, R-Oklahoma
Johnny Isakson, R-Georgia
Barbara Boxer, D-California
Tim Johnson, D-South Dakota
Tom Udall, D-New Mexico
Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey
Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire
George Voinovich, R-Ohio
David Vitter, R-Louisiana
Ben Cardin, D-Maryland
Barbara Mikulski, D-Maryland
Olympia Snowe, R-Maine
Joe Lieberman, ID-Connecticut
Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island
Claire McCaskill, D-Missouri
Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio