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National Transportation Safety Committee investigator Nurcahyo Utomo holds a model of an airplane during a press conference on the committee's preliminary findings on their investigation on the crash of Lion Air flight 610, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018. Black box data collected from their crashed Boeing 737 MAX 8 show Lion Air pilots struggled to maintain control as the aircraft's automatic safety system repeatedly pushed the plane's nose down, according to a preliminary investigation into last month's disaster. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Report faults Indonesian airline's safety measures in crash

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Chef Creole owner Wilkinson Sejour hands out free hot meals to TSA workers at his restaurant at Miami International Airport, on Jan. 15, 2019. (Associated Press)

Shutdown flu: More TSA agents out sick, but wait times normal at security check

A pedestrian walks across the street in downtown Scranton, Pa., on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019. A major winter storm brought some of the coldest temperatures of the season and covered a large swath of the country in snow as it wreaked havoc on air travel and caused slick road conditions throughout New England Sunday. (Butch Comegys/The Times-Tribune via AP)

Frigid air, high winds cause dangerous travel conditions

In this Monday, Dec. 10, 2018, file picture European and French flags are flapping at the Elysee Palace in Paris, during a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron and local, national political leaders, unions, business leaders and others to hear their concerns after four weeks of protests. French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced Thursday that the government will start hiring 600 extra government employees including customs agents to handle cross-border trade and security. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

Airports, customs, trade: Europe preps for a chaotic Brexit

This photo provided by Mizan News Agency, shows an Iranian rescue works at the site of a Boeing 707 cargo plane crash, at Fath Airport about 40 kilometers (25 miles) west of Tehran, Iran, Monday, Jan. 14, 2019. An Iranian emergency management official has told state TV that 16 people were on board a Boeing 707 cargo plane that crashed west of Tehran and that there is only one known survivor. (Hasan Shirvani/Mizan News Agency via AP)

Cargo plane crashes in Iran; 1 survivor from 16 on board

In this March 16, 2017, file photo, air traffic controllers work in the tower at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. The partial government shutdown is starting to affect air travelers. Over the weekend, some airports had long lines at checkpoints, apparently caused by a rising number of security officers calling in sick while they are not getting paid. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Canada air traffic controllers buy pizza for U.S. colleagues

Air Traffic and pilot unions protest the government shutdown on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Air traffic controllers add to pile of shutdown lawsuits

In this March 16, 2017, file photo, air traffic controllers work in the tower at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. The partial government shutdown is starting to affect air travelers. Over the weekend, some airports had long lines at checkpoints, apparently caused by a rising number of security officers calling in sick while they are not getting paid. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Air travelers start to feel effects of government shutdown

In this Oct. 6, 2017, file photo, Renault Group CEO Carlos Ghosn listens during a media conference at La Defense business district, outside Paris, France. A Japanese news report says former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn will be detained at least through Jan. 11, 2019. Ghosn, who led Nissan Motor Co. for two decades saving the Japanese automaker from near bankruptcy, was arrested Nov. 19, 2018, on suspicion of falsifying financial reports. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

Carlos Ghosn, Nissan's ex-chairman, appears in court, asserts innocence

People walk near damaged cargo compartments on a train parked near the Storebaelt bridge, near Nyborg in Denmark, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019. Danish police say several people have been killed in a train accident on a bridge linking the central islands of Zealand and Funen. Police did not provide further details about those killed or the number of people injured in Wednesday's incident, which took place about 8 a.m. local time. Danish media reported that a tarpaulin on a freight train hit a passenger train going in the opposite direction, prompting it to brake suddenly. (Tim K. Jensen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

6 killed, 16 injured in Danish bridge train accident

In this Friday, Dec. 21, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump makes a statement on the possible government shutdown before signing criminal just reform legislation in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump says 'some areas' of the border wall will be concrete, other areas see-through

In this Oct. 2, 2012, file photo, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison gestures while giving a keynote address at Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco. Tesla is naming Ellison and an executive from Walgreens to its board as part of a settlement with U.S. regulators who demanded more oversight of CEO Elon Musk. The company said Friday, Dec. 28, 2018, that Ellison and Kathleen Wilson-Thompson are the new independent directors, effective immediately. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Tesla names Oracle's Larry Ellison to board in SEC settlement

South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon, bottom left, and officials arrive to board a train to leave for the North Korea at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2018. South Korean officials have traveled to North Korea by train to attend a groundbreaking ceremony for an aspirational project to modernize North Korean railways and roads and connect them with the South. (Jin Sung-chul/Yonhap via AP)

Koreas break ground on railways but sanctions block project

$A smoke column comes out of the Etna volcano in Catania, Italy, Monday, Dec. 24, 2018. The Mount Etna observatory says lava and ash are spewing from a new fracture on the active Sicilian volcano amid an unusually high level of seismic activity. (AP Photo/Salvatore Allegra)$

Sicilian airport reopens amid Mount Etna's latest eruption

Passengers stranded at Gatwick airport, as the airport remains closed after drones were spotted over the airfield last night and this morning, in Gatwick, England, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. Drones spotted over the runway forced the shutdown of London's Gatwick Airport on Thursday during one of the busiest times of the year, stranding or delaying tens of thousands of Christmas-season travelers and setting off a hunt for the operator of the intruding aircraft. (Victoria Jones/PA via AP)

London's Gatwick Airport resumes flights after drone chaos

A police helicopter flies over Gatwick Airport as the airport remains closed after drones were spotted over the airfield last night and this morning, in Gatwick, England, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. Drones spotted over the runway forced the shutdown of London's Gatwick Airport on Thursday during one of the busiest times of the year, stranding or delaying tens of thousands of Christmas-season travelers and setting off a hunt for the operator of the intruding aircraft. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)

U.K. airport chaos highlights difficulty in stopping drones

In this Dec. 1, 2010, file photo, a terminal link train arrives behind a glass window at the snow-covered terminal station at London's Gatwick Airport in Horley, England. London's Gatwick Airport shut down late Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018, while officials urgently investigated reports that two drones were flying above the airfield. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, File)

Travelers face chaos as drones shut London's Gatwick airport

FILE- In this Nov. 17, 2005, file photo, traffic moves on Interstate 5 in downtown Portland, Ore. Oregon is seeking federal approval to toll two Portland-area freeways. The Oregon Transportation Commission voted unanimously on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, to send its tolling proposal to the Federal Highway Administration. (AP Photo/Greg Wahl-Stephens, File)

Regional transportation officials move forward on toll policies, bus rapid transit, bike trail plans

A traveler looks at his smartphone as he rides the moving sidewalk at Denver International Airport. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Denver airport first to use new TSA full-body scanner

This image made from video shows aftermath of a high-speed train crash at a station in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018. The train hit a railway engine and crashed into a pedestrian overpass at the station on Thursday. (DHA via AP)

Turkey train crash leaves 9 dead, dozens injured

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., holds a news conference with Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 201816. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Sen. Chuck Schumer injects climate change fight into infrastructure deal

(Associated Press)

Truck collides head-on with Illinois school bus; 2 dead

In this Jan. 11, 2018, file photo, riders wait to board as others depart a Metro train in the Gallery Place-Chinatown Metro Station in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

2 Metro workers arrested on fraud charges in 'timekeeping scheme,' official says

Emergency vehicles are parked along Interstate 30 near the scene where a charter bus that was carrying a youth football team from Tennessee crashed early Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, near Benton, Ark. The bus was carrying the team from Texas to Memphis, Tenn. (Josh Snyder/The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP)

1 child dead, 45 people hurt in Arkansas charter bus crash

In this Nov. 29, 2017, file photo, then-New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks during a news conference at the Integrity House drug addiction rehabilitation center in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Ex-Gov. Chris Christie, frustrated N.J. commuter, tweets at successor over snowstorm gridlock

Protecting American Energy Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Benefitting from a diverse energy sector

Northbound Interstate 5 south of Seattle is shown closed at the West Seattle Bridge exit, Saturday, June 2, 2018, in Seattle. The Washington State Dept. of Transportation and its contractors shut down the freeway from the bridge exit to the Olive Way exit in downtown Seattle from Friday night through early Monday morning to complete major repair and renovation work on the roadway. Lane closures south of the full closure added to congestion and drivers were encouraged to use alternate routes. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Trump advisers warn of gas tax trap in infrastructure deal

In this June 14, 2018, file photo, Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks at a news conference in Chicago. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

Robyn Denholm named as Tesla's new board chair in settlement with regulators

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump seeks unity with House Dems on economy, infrastructure plan and health care

Lion Air jet's airspeed indicator malfunctioned on 4 flights

A rescuer inspects a part of Lion Air plane flight JT 610 retrieved from the waters where it's believed to have crashed at Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018. Relatives have provided samples for DNA tests to help identify victims of the Lion Air plane crash as accounts emerged Tuesday of problems on the jet's previous flight including rapid descents that terrified passengers. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakara)

Possible seabed position of crashed Lion Air jet located

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Jim Thomas, Dr. Seth Cropsey, Ronald O&#226;&#8364;&#8482;Rourke and Dr. Andrew Erickson, discuss the U.S. Asia-Pacific Strategic Considerations Related to P.L.A. Naval Forces Modernization in front of the House Armed Services Committee, in Washington, DC., Wednesday, December 11, 2013. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)

The cost of not having a Merchant Marine

Protecting the Power Grid Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

A secure energy grid starts with copper

Fixing America's infrastructure: The road forward

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To unleash American building, cut the red tape

In this Monday, Sept. 4, 2017 photo, a &quot;Do Not Enter&quot; sign is placed on Tartan Lane, a residential street in Houston. More than a week after Harvey swamped the greater Houston area, the metropolis is divided into two cities: one still covered with water and flood debris, the other largely unblemished by the storm. (AP Photo/Brian Melley)

Lessons from Hurricane Harvey

Washington Gas and its employees have served the Greater Washington area with pride and dedication for nearly 170 years.

Why it's a critical -- and ideal -- time to upgrade America's energy infrastructure

Illustration on TSA abuses by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

A cure for the common queue at the airport

FILE - In this May 23, 2014 file photo, traffic moves on the Interstate 495, the Capital Beltway, in Hyattsville, Md., outside Washington. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its latest drowsy driving report on Thursday, July 3, 2014. According to a new survey, about 1 in 25 adults say they recently fell asleep while driving. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Bypassing incompetence on toll roads

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United Airlines passengers wait at the ticket counter of Washington Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Va. (Associated Press)

Dulles airport's new facial recognition system snares fraudster, snarls passengers

China's President Xi Jinping takes his seat for the first closed session of the BRICS summit, in Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, July 26, 2018. The five leaders of the BRICS emerging economies have gathered in South Africa for an annual summit where the United States is being criticized for escalating tariffs on foreign goods. (Mike Hutchings/Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

Senators urge Trump admin. to counter 'predatory' Chinese infrastructure lending to poor countries

The U.S.-Mexico border fence seen on the outskirts of Nogales in southern Arizona. A U.S. border patrol agent is going on trial for second-degree murder in U.S. District Court in Tucson on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, in a rare Justice Department prosecution of a fatal cross-border Mexico shooting. (AP Photo/Brian Skoloff, File)

DHS invests $20 million in border wall prototypes, fails to account for rough terrain

In this March 19, 2018, file photo, a line technician positions a truck front bumper for assembly at the Nissan Canton Assembly Plant, in Canton, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Nissan adds back-seat alarm to prevent the death of children left in hot cars

North Korean Vice Railroad Minister Kim Yun-hyok, left, shakes hands with his South Korean counterpart vice Transport Minister Kim Jeong-ryeol upon his arrival to hold a meeting to discuss over inter-Korean cooperation in railway inside the Peace House at the border village of Panmunjom, South Korea, Tuesday, June 26, 2018. (Korea Pool via AP)

Koreas discuss linking railways across border

Apprenticeship Programs Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Over-investing in higher education

President Trump reviews prototypes for his proposed border wall constructed outside San Diego, California, shown here earlier this month with Rodney Scott, the Border Patrol's San Diego sector chief. (Associated Press)

DHS to build 20-mile wall along border in New Mexico

In this March 5, 2018, photo, construction continues on a new, taller version of the border structure in Calexico, Calif. Congress gave President Donald Trump the $1.6 billion he sought for one year of funding of the border wall with Mexico, but he wanted a long-term wall financing commitment. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Trump cuts size of border wall: 'About 700-800 miles'

President Donald Trump speaks at Local 18 Richfield Training Facility, Thursday, March 29, 2018, in Richfield, Ohio. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump pitches infrastructure plan in Ohio: 'Now is the time to rebuild our country'

Trump heralds $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan with bipartisan state, local leaders

Illustration on tech jobs and the future by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Why technology jobs belong in America

FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2016 file photo, a laptop is seen in Las Vegas. The Homeland Security Department is set to announce new security measures Wednesday for international flights bound to the United States, which could lead to a lifting of a ban on laptops and other electronics from passenger cabins from certain airports. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Six foreign airports earn their way off DHS's laptop ban

National Economic Director Gary Cohn speaks in the briefing room of the White House, in Washington, Wednesday, April 26, 2017. President Donald Trump is proposing dramatically reducing the taxes paid by corporations big and small in an overhaul his administration says will spur economic growth and bring jobs and prosperity to the middle class. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Cohn says approval process reform part of infrastructure plan

President Donald Trump signs a decision memo and a letter to members of Congress outlining the principles of his plan to privatize the nation's air traffic control system in the East Room at the White House, Monday, June 5, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump unveils plan to privatize, modernize air traffic control system

Energy goals: Jobs, production, modern infrastructure -- and good environmental stewardship

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