Sen. Menendez Calls on Trump Administration to Activate Program Allowing State Department to Charter Commercial Aircraft to Evacuate Stranded U.S. Citizens
March 20, 2020
March 20, 2020
WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. Bob Menendez, D-New Jersey, ranking Democratic member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement statement calling on President Trump to invoke the Civil Reserve Airfleet readiness program and the authorities contained within in order to begin chartering commercial flights to evacuate stranded American citizens unable to return to the U.S. during the coronavirus pandemic:
"As commercial airlines come under increasing s . . .
"As commercial airlines come under increasing s . . .