AIA Praises Passage of FY15 Short-Term Continuing Resolution.
Press Release Summary:
In her statement commending bipartisan passage of FY2015 Continuing Resolution, which will keep government operating through December 11, 2014, AIA President and CEO Marion C. Blakey also urged Congress to negotiate omnibus appropriations bill to fund the entire federal government instead of passing another CR. Blakey cited shortcomings in current procedure as lending to government and industry having to contend with prior years' budgets and significant restrictions.
Original Press Release:
AIA Praises Passage of FY15 Short-Term Continuing Resolution
Statement by Aerospace Industries Association President and CEO Marion C. Blakey commending passage of the FY2015 Continuing Resolution which will keep the government operating through December 11, 2014
Arlington, Va. – Today, the Aerospace Industries Association praises the strong bipartisan passage of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, a Continuing Resolution (CR) which will keep the government running until December 11th.
While this short-term measure is important, we strongly encourage Congress to come together after the elections to negotiate an omnibus appropriations bill to fund the entire federal government and not pass another CR. Without these appropriations bills, the federal government must live off last years’ budgets and under significant restrictions. Our industry could not function under those constraints and neither should the civilian workforce and the men and women who wear our nation’s uniform every day.  Our industry and economy also suffer since CRs do not allow new programs to get started, production quantities to increase beyond the prior year level, or contain authority to enter into cost-saving multi-year contracts.
While Congress has also reauthorized the Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank for a nine month extension, the hard work remains. U.S. manufacturers – along with their robust workforce – deserve to compete on a level playing field against our foreign competitors who are trying to take America's jobs. A long term extension of the Ex-Im Bank would provide much needed certainty to an industry that plays a critical role in both our national and economic security.
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Founded in 1919 shortly after the birth of flight, the Aerospace Industries Association is the most authoritative and influential trade association representing the nation’s leading manufacturers and suppliers of civil, military and business aircraft, helicopters, unmanned aircraft systems, space systems, aircraft engines, homeland and cybersecurity systems, materiel and related components, equipment services and information technology.
