Transportation

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN), a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Aviation, and Congressman Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) announced today they plan to offer a bipartisan amendment to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Bill to establish a minimum seat size on commercial airlines as well as a minimum distance between rows of seats to protect the safety and health of airline passengers. The Senate passed the FAA Reauthorization Bill earlier today and it now goes to the House of Representatives for consideration.

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Aviation, today issued the following statement after the Senate voted down an amendment offered by Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) to legislation reauthorizing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to establish minimum seat size standards for airplanes. Congressman Cohen is the author of bipartisan legislation in the House, the Seat Egress in Air Travel (SEAT) Act (H.R.

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today welcomed Senator Richard Blumenthal’s (D-CT) announcement that he will offer an amendment to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Bill when it’s considered before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee to require the FAA to adopt minimum seat-size standards for commercial airlines, and work with Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) to help advance this issue in the Senate.

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today welcomed Senator Charles Schumer’s (D-NY) announcement that he plans to offer an amendment to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Bill to require the FAA to establish seat-size standards for commercial airlines. Congressman Cohen, a member of the House Aviation Subcommittee, is the author of bipartisan legislation in the House, the Seat Egress in Air Travel Act (H.R.

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN) and Congressman Jeff Denham (R-CA), members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today praised Amtrak for making their Pets-on-Trains pilot program permanent. Last year, Congressman Cohen and Congressman Denham introduced the bipartisan Pets on Trains Act, now law, which allows families and passengers to travel with domesticated cats and dogs on certain Amtrak trains. This law also gives Amtrak the flexibility to develop the details of their pet policy to best fit the service and their customers.