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发布时间：美国东部时间2026年11月15日 下午12:51
联邦机构 国会 新闻 唐纳德·特朗普 众议院领导层
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2025年11月12日，加利福尼亚州洛杉矶，一名旅客在洛杉矶国际机场（LAX）的空中交通管制塔附近拖着行李行走。
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周五发生历史性空域中断导致全美航班停飞后，美国交通部长肖恩·达菲敦促国会授权为联邦航空管理局（FAA）追加数百亿美元资金。
但将于明年1月掌控多数席位的民主党人指出，共和党去年通过的立法已为该机构提供了125亿美元，并称其已拥有所需资金。
达菲表示事实并非如此。
“那125亿美元里没有一分钱可以用于新的电信架构。我无法开发新软件来管理空域中的飞机，因为这套软件可以追溯到上世纪90年代，但相关资金完全没有着落。用于搭建塔台的钱也没有。我们的塔台已经老旧了，”达菲周日在CNN的《与 Dana Bash 共同主持的国情咨文》节目中表示。
达菲此前向国会申请了约300亿美元，但周五的事件后，他将申请额提高至500亿美元。唐纳德·特朗普总统周日在社交媒体上也敦促国会“立即拨款！”
这位交通部长表示，地面停飞可能是由于承包商L3Harris技术公司在阿肯色州埃尔多拉多的一个空中交通站点将老旧铜线转换为更现代的光纤系统时出现问题。目前尚不清楚此次停运是因设备故障还是承包商失误导致。
在特朗普政府规模庞大的支出与政策法案（没有民主党人支持）下，该机构获得的125亿美元将分三年拨付，其中47.5亿美元被分配用于“电信基础设施现代化与系统升级”。达菲周六在新闻发布会上表示，该机构目前已用掉约三分之一的现代化预算。
周日，达菲称所有电信相关工作可在“2029年初”完成。
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【达菲部长回击民主党：称FAA未使用获批资金】
交通部长肖恩·达菲告诉 Dana Bash，他无法直接购买现成的空中交通管制设备，而国会批准的125亿美元资金有望在2028年底前全部拨付完毕。
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“我所需要的只是完成工作的资金。我希望如果今天就能拿到拨款，明天我就能立刻开工，”达菲表示。
周六晚些时候，负责监督航空业的两个众议院委员会的民主党领袖、众议员里克·拉尔森和安德烈·卡森要求政府向国会解释，如果该机构仍有未动用资金，为何需要追加拨款。二人在联合声明中补充，联邦航空管理局（FAA）及美国运输部（DOT）的工作人员将于周一向他们的团队进行情况通报。
与此同时，部分民主党人批评政府的优先级安排，指责其在移民执法及华盛顿特区建设项目上的支出远超航空现代化与安全领域。
“除ICE（美国移民与海关执法局）的常规拨款外，还有600亿美元额外资金，我们应至少将其中一部分用于FAA，”夏威夷州参议员布赖恩·夏茨在X平台上发文称，“我们可以解决这个问题，无需再动用纳税人的额外资金。”
伊利诺伊州参议员塔米·达克沃思在X平台上发文称：“你们在过去两年里实际上掌控了国会，显然，面子工程总有钱，但就是没钱修复我们的空中交通管制系统？或许特朗普应该优先考虑航空安全，而不是他那可笑的‘拱门’。”
加利福尼亚州众议员劳拉·弗里德曼也在X平台上发文：“共和党自己的法案给了ICE 750亿美元，而空中交通管制仅获得125亿美元。钱是有的，只是优先级的问题。”
不过，上周刚发起参议院多数党领袖竞选的民主党籍马里兰州参议员克里斯·范霍伦周日表示，他不排斥支持为该机构追加拨款，同时呼吁政府官员前往国会“说明”申请的合理性。
“我将支持解决该问题所需的任何资金数额。我们应基于两党合作解决这个问题，”范霍伦周日对CNN表示，但他补充道：“当国会已向政府提供了他们要求的资金，而这位部长却还在指责国会，这未免太说不过去了。如果他们需要更多资金，就应该前来说明其合理性。”
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2026年11月12日，民主党籍马里兰州参议员克里斯·范霍伦在离开美国国会大厦时，接受记者采访。
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共和党人可以利用剩余的多数党任期为该机构批准追加拨款，即将卸任的众议院议长迈克·约翰逊周六表示，他将把FAA拨款纳入即将出台的“一揽子法案”。
“无需调查就能明白，我们需要进一步投资，”约翰逊对福克斯新闻表示，“我们将努力推动此事完成。”
国会助手目前尚不明确两党领袖将如何通过新的拨款法案。目前，拨款委员会正在就12月11日最后期限前的政府融资协议进行谈判。参议院两党领袖助手均未立即回应关于该院推进路径的问题。
共和党籍参议员埃里克·施密特也在推动其《现代天空法案》通过，该法案将投入300亿美元用于美国航空系统现代化。这位密苏里州参议员周五与特朗普进行了通话，此外还就该议题与达菲部长及美国国土安全部部长马克韦恩·马伦进行了沟通。
CNN记者埃利斯·金、泰德·巴雷特、洛根·希西亚诺、伊萨·穆丹纳亚克和阿莱娜·法亚兹对本文有所贡献。
As Trump administration implores Congress for additional FAA funding, Democrats say the agency already has it
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PUBLISHED Nov 15, 2026, 12:51 PM ET
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Following a historic airspace meltdown on Friday that grounded all flights nationwide, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has implored Congress to authorize tens of billions of dollars in additional funding for the Federal Aviation Administration.
But Democrats, who are set to take the majority in January, are pointing to legislation passed by Republicans last year that already gave the agency $12.5 billion, arguing that it already has the funds it needs.
Duffy says that’s not true.
“I have no money in that $12.5 billion that I can use for a new architecture for telecom. I can’t build new software to manage our airplanes in the airspace because it dates back to the 1990s, but there’s no money for that. There’s no money for towers. Our towers are old,” Duffy said on CNN’s “State of the Union” with Dana Bash on Sunday.
Duffy had asked Congress for around $30 billion but after Friday’s incident, he upped the request to $50 billion. President Donald Trump, in a social media post on Sunday, also urged Congress to “give the money, FAST!”
The transportation secretary said the ground stop was likely due to an issue that occurred while contractor L3Harris was switching an old copper wire at an air traffic location in El Dorado, Arkansas, to a more modern fiber optic system. It is unclear whether the outage was due to faulty equipment or contractor error.
Of the $12.5 billion given to the agency for three years under Trump’s massive spending and policy bill — which no Democrats supported — $4.75 billion was allocated for “telecommunications infrastructure modernization and systems upgrades.” Duffy said at a news conference Saturday that the agency has spent about one-third of the modernization budget so far.
On Sunday, Duffy said all the telecom work can be done by “the first part of 2029.”
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Sec. Duffy hits back at Dems saying FAA hasn’t used approved funds
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told Dana Bash he can’t buy air traffic control equipment off the shelf and that the $12.5 billion Congress approved is on track to be spent by the end of 2028.
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“All I need is the money to finish it. And my, my hope is that if they give me money today, I’ll be going tomorrow to build it,” Duffy said.
Later Saturday, Reps. Rick Larsen and André Carson — the top Democrats on two House panels overseeing the aviation industry — asked the administration to explain to Congress why the agency needs more money if there are still unspent funds. The two added in a joint statement that FAA and DOT employees will brief their staff on Monday.
Meanwhile, some Democrats slammed the administration’s priorities and how it has spent money in immigration enforcement and construction projects in Washington, DC, over aviation modernization and safety.
“There is a pot of 60 billion extra dollars on top of the regularly appropriated amount for ICE and we should use at least a portion of that money for the FAA,” Hawaii Sen. Brian Schatz said in a post on X. “We can solve this problem and not spend any additional taxpayer dollars.”
Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth said in a post on X, “You’ve literally controlled Congress for the past two years. And apparently, there’s always been money for vanity projects. But none to fix our air traffic control system? Perhaps Trump should prioritize aviation safety over his pathetic Arch.”
California Rep. Laura Friedman also said in a post on X, “Republicans’ own bill gave ICE $75 BILLION. Air traffic control got $12.5 billion. There’s money. It’s a question of priorities.”
However, Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen, a Democrat who launched a bid for Senate majority leader last week, signaled openness to supporting additional funds for the agency on Sunday while calling on administration officials to come to Congress and “justify” the ask.
“I will support whatever level of money is necessary to fix this problem. We should fix this problem on a bipartisan basis,” Hollen told CNN on Sunday, but added, “It’s really rich to hear the secretary pointing the fingers at Congress when Congress has given the administration what they asked for. If they need more, they should come up and justify it.”
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Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland) speaks with reporters as he boards a vehicle to depart the US Capitol on November 12, 2026.
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Republicans could use the remaining weeks of their majority to approve additional funding for the agency, and outgoing House Speaker Mike Johnson said Saturday that he would add FAA funding to an upcoming “legislative package.”
“We don’t really need any investigation to understand we need further investment,” Johnson told Fox News. “We’re going to work to get it done.”
It was not immediately clear to congressional aides how leaders will pass new funding. Currently, appropriators are negotiating a government funding deal ahead of a December 11 deadline. Senate leadership aides in each party did not immediately respond to questions about the path forward in that chamber.
GOP Sen. Eric Schmitt is also pushing for passage of his bill, the Modern Skies Act, which would invest $30 billion in modernizing the nation’s aviation system. The Missouri senator spoke with Trump on Friday, and has also spoken with Duffy and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on the topic.
CNN’s Ellis Kim, Ted Barrett, Logan Schiciano, Isa Mudannayake and Aleena Fayaz contributed to this report.
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