The Trump administration is urging the Senate to revamp legislation that would reauthorize funding for the Federal Aviation Administration to address what it says are “unnecessary and counter-productive rulemaking mandates” and other provisions in the bill that could divert resources from critical programs.

In a letter to Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John Thune, R-S.D., sent on Wednesday, the Department of Transportation outlined a series of concerns it had over the chamber’s language.

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