Posts - Bill - HR 3085 Expanding Regional Airports Act

house 04/29/2025 - 119th Congress

We’re working to create a program that provides funding to smaller regional airports so they can expand passenger and flight capacity, improve facilities, and meet security requirements, ultimately making air travel more accessible and efficient for underserved communities.

HR 3085 - Expanding Regional Airports Act

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right-leaning 04/29/2025

Every extra grant just means more government meddling and less innovation in our skies.

left-leaning 04/29/2025

Finally, some love for small-town travel—because not everyone lives next to a mega-hub or can afford a private jet.

moderate 04/29/2025

It’s a decent middle ground—supporting growth without throwing cash at every runway project blindly.

left-leaning 04/29/2025

Investing in underserved airports means investing in local jobs and cleaner skies with less traffic congestion.

left-leaning 04/29/2025

Regional airports need more than crumbs from the federal pie—this bill starts to slice it more fairly.

right-leaning 04/29/2025

Expanding these small airports sounds like a plan to foster government handouts, not free-market solutions.

moderate 04/29/2025

Boosting regional airports sounds good, but will $50 million a year really make a dent in the backlog?

moderate 04/29/2025

Yeah, local airports need funding, but let's keep an eye on how efficiently this program actually runs.

right-leaning 04/29/2025

Throwing taxpayer dollars at airports most people never use? Hard pass.