Senate Kills Bill to Monitor Airplane Noise

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On September 24, by a vote of 69 to 27, the Senate agreed a motion by Sen. John McCain (R.-Ariz.) to table (kill) Sen. Robert Torricelli's (D.-N.J.) amendment to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Bill (S 2279) that would have re-established the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Noise Abatement and Control and commissioned an EPA study on airport noise.

"I do so in recognition of the reality of life of hundreds of thousands of people that I represent-who, by the chance of the place of their birth or where they choose to live-have a daily encounter with the rising problem of airplane noise in our country Torricelli said.

More about the issue can be seen here;

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3827/is_199811/ai_n8826250
  • added September 04, 2008
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5 responses // Senate Kills Bill to Monitor Airplane Noise

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    Makes you want to go back and check on the campaign contributions of the ones who voted it down. Surely there aren't any aviation corporation funds in them.

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    bluestranger
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    If there had been been "a more stringent policy at the county level," he added, "this would all be behind us."

    Anum
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    Is he sleeping? Really?

    wholefreespirit
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    MyCane's brain is already fried. All he hears now are other voices.

    Americans need to think about electing intelligent leaders instead of idiots and bottom or their class, not very good pilot, faded war survivors, who have dementia.

    Picasso9000

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