Sat, Jul 23, 2011
Governor Brownback, Congressman Pompeo, Industry Leaders Gather
To Send The Message
Joined by elected, union and business leaders, Kansas Governor
Sam Brownback and Fourth District Congressman Mike
Pompeo demanded that President Barack Obama support
Kansas jobs and stop his attack on the aviation industry during a
news conference Thursday at the National Center for Aviation
Training in Sedgwick County.
Governor Brownback
On multiple occasions President Obama
has used business jets as political pawns by erroneously claiming
that allowing companies to deduct the cost of buying an aircraft
from their taxable income jeopardizes education funding, medical
research and public safety.
General aviation is one of our
state’s – and indeed, our country’s –
leading industries, employing more than a million Americans and
generating $150 billion in revenue annually. We were pleased when
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood came to Wichita earlier
this year to recognize the importance and sing the praises of the
aviation industry,” Governor Brownback said.
“That’s why it is alarming that President Obama and his
administration seem to continue to search for ways to ground this
important industry. We call on the President to instead focus
on supporting and growing these high-skilled, high-wage jobs and
stop his attack on the aviation industry.”
Since the U.S. House of Representatives is in session this week
voting on Cut, Cap and Balance and continuing negotiations over the
debt ceiling, Congressman Pompeo joined the news conference via
live video stream. “The President has continued to single out
and demonize the General Aviation community in Wichita, KS –
The Air Capital of the World. Not only does the GA industry
support 1.2 million jobs in KS and throughout America, but it adds
$150 billion to our economy. In fact, the President’s
own corporate jet (Air Force One) is built and serviced by the
hard-working people of Wichita. His class warfare rhetoric
and purely political attacks on aviation workers are unwelcome and
unhelpful at a time when the economy is on its knees. I sent
a letter to the President inviting him to South Central Kansas to
see this essential sector of our economy at work. This week,
I reiterate my call for him to witness our industry firsthand and
stop the job-killing attacks,” said Congressman Pompeo
(KS-04).
Wichita Mayor Carl Brewer, Sedgwick
County Commissioner Dave Unruh as well as International Association
of Machinists & Aerospace Workers, (IAMAW) AFL-CIO, District 70
President Steve Rooney, SPEEA Midwest Director Bob Brewer, and
Wichita Chamber Chair Lynn Nichols also spoke at the news
conference about their concerns regarding the President’s
attacks on the aviation industry.
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