Sarah Elfreth is committed to continuing to work with colleagues to ensure air traffic controllers have every resource they need to do their jobs and ensure passenger safety.

Sarah Elfreth · Maryland · Democratic

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Commitment kind: action. Promised action: Continue working with colleagues to ensure air traffic controllers have every resource they need to do their jobs.. Promised outcome: Air traffic controllers have the resources needed to do their jobs and ensure passenger safety.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. Federal office context: Sarah Elfreth as U.S. Representative for Maryland's 3rd District, discussing FAA AI air traffic control tools and safety at Washington-area airports including BWI.

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“Every day, our airports and their staff ensure tens of thousands of worldwide travelers are safe and secure – including here at the Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport in Maryland’s Third District. While we fully recognize the need to modernize our air traffic control systems, we cannot pursue modernization at the expense of public safety, especially when it comes to implementing new technologies like AI,” said Congresswoman Elfreth . “As AI safety concerns are top of mind for our neighbors, this is another instance where we cannot afford to miss the moment on regulating this technology. I also am determined to continue to work with my colleagues to ensure our hardworking air traffic controllers have every resource they need to do their jobs and ensure the safety of our passengers.”

Elfreth said she is determined to keep working with colleagues to ensure air traffic controllers have the resources needed to do their jobs and keep passengers safe.

Ocasio-Cortez, McClain Delaney, Beyer, Mfume, Subramanyam, and Elfreth Lead Calls to Pause FAA’s AI Tool at Washington-Area Airports | Representative Ocasio-Cortez
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Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), April McClain Delaney (MD-06), Don Beyer (VA-08), Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10), and Sarah Elfreth (MD-03) are leading a congressional letter urging the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to pause use of its new artificial intelligence-enabled air traffic management tool until the agency answers questions about safety testing, implementation, and oversight.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Within the lookback window, an official House press release documents Elfreth co-leading a letter to FAA officials seeking a pause and answers about safety, training, oversight, and controller consultation for an AI air-traffic-management tool. This is concrete effort, not final delivery of the broader resources/safety commitment.

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Ocasio-Cortez, McClain Delaney, Beyer, Mfume, Subramanyam, and Elfreth Lead Calls to Pause FAA’s AI Tool at Washington-Area Airports | Representative Ocasio-Cortez
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we ask that you pause any use of the SMART tool until we can better understand your decision-making, rollout process, and evaluation plan. We ask that you respond to the following questions no later than October 19, 2026

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The underlying official letter, signed by Sarah Elfreth, asks FAA and DOT to pause use of the SMART tool and respond by October 19, 2026. Because the response deadline had not expired as of October 14, 2026, this remains an unresolved effort rather than delivered policy.

unresolved same_term A for effort

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Public state: pending As of 2026-10-14 · verified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. same_term A for effort

The verified commitment was to continue working with colleagues so air traffic controllers have needed resources and passenger safety is protected. The verified passage documents a concrete same-term effort: a collective request to pause use of the SMART tool and obtain answers by October 19, 2026. As of October 14, 2026, that response deadline had not expired, and the verified evidence does not show that the broader resource/safety outcome was achieved. This supports effort but not delivery or partial outcome credit.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%