Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy on Wednesday said that the spending packing that passed the House last week does not provide the Federal Aviation Administration with the funding needed to enact air traffic control improvements.

House Republicans “put $12.5 billion into the ‘big, beautiful bill’ that’s going to go towards this infrastructure project. That won’t be enough,” Duffy told reporters during a press conference concerning efforts to improve Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey.

“I know the Senate is going to look, can they find money to put into this bill, but we are going to need them to fully fund this project,” he added, which would include “new Telecom, new radar, new radios,” and updates to the front and back ends of the air traffic control system, according to The Hill.

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