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New Jersey Lawmaker Seeks $62M for William J. Hughes Technical Center, Requests Local EDI Projects
Summary
Representative Jeff Van Drew asked the appropriations subcommittee for $62 million to sustain laboratories and infrastructure at the William J. Hughes FAA Technical Center and requested community project funding for a dental hygiene school, shelter water infrastructure and an aviation maintenance training academy.
WASHINGTON — Representative Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.) asked the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development subcommittee to continue a $62 million investment for the William J. Hughes FAA Technical Center and requested several community project grants for his district during the FY26 member-day hearing.
Van Drew said the FY25 bill included $62 million for laboratories and infrastructure sustainment at the technical center and asked the committee to allocate the same amount from the Facilities and Equipment account in FY26. He broke down requests to congressional staff as follows: $6 million for disaster resiliency of critical national aerospace…
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