White House presses for Congress to provide more authority to address drones in U.S. airspace
Source: NBC News
Dec. 17, 2024, 9:54 AM EST
WASHINGTON — As public concern has escalated over drones flying in the skies above New Jersey and other East Coast states, the White House wants Congress to pass legislation that would give greater authority to the federal, state and local governments to address drones that fly in U.S. airspace.
“We do need better authorities to deal with that growing ecosystem of drones in U.S. airspace," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Tuesday in an interview on NBC's "TODAY" show. Gaps exist in federal, state and local government authorities to deal with drones, Kirby said. "Congress needs to help us get through this," he said.
Kirby sought to reassure the public that the Biden administration is dealing with the increase in reported drones, saying that the federal government has conducted some analysis on the drones over the last several days.
"Our assessment leads us to conclude that these are lawful and legal aviation activities, manned and unmanned drones and civil aviation aircraft or commercial aircraft," he said. “We know that there’s no national security threat. We know there’s no public safety threat right now.”
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