Mike Johnson Calls for 'Investment,' Not Probe, After FAA Ground Stop as Duffy's $50 Billion Ask Draws Fire From Greene

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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Saturday that Congress doesn’t need to investigate Friday’s nationwide FAA ground stop, but it does need to fund upgrades. "We don’t really…

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Saturday that Congress doesn’t need to investigate Friday’s nationwide FAA ground stop, but it does need to fund upgrades.

"We don’t really need any investigation … we need further investment," Johnson said on Fox News’ "Saturday in America." He noted that some equipment dates to the 1980s.

Government officials said Saturday a single router installed by L3Harris Technologies Inc. LHX may have caused the outage, Reuters reported. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the cause remains undetermined.

Duffy said Friday the contractor was switching lines from copper wire to fiber.

In a statement, L3Harris said it has completed more than 70% of that conversion and is supporting the FAA’s investigation.

Duffy said the new routers flooded others with over 1,000 connection attempts every four to five seconds. The routers being replaced are about 25 years old, Duffy said, and were due for replacement in 2006.

The FAA issued the ground stop around 4 p.m. EST Friday. Duffy said it was lifted around 8:15 p.m. The agency’s last widespread stoppage lasted about 90 minutes in January 2023.

As of 9:25 p.m. EST Saturday, FlightAware data showed 8,048 delays and 6,445 cancellations within, into or out of the U.S.

On Friday, Duffy called the system "incredibly old" and said, "I want $50 billion." Congress has already given the FAA $12.5 billion for upgrades.

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