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WASHINGTON — Congress will consider restoring financial regulation of the airline industry if the Justice Department approves a proposed merger of United and Continental airlines, two key House members said Wednesday.
At a hearing on the merger, Reps. James Oberstar, D-Minn., chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and Jerry Costello, D-Ill., chairman of the panel’s aviation subcommittee, expressed concern about the impact that the proposed deal could have on consumers and airline workers.
Oberstar pointed to the $2.7 billion the airlines earned in baggage fees in 2009. The Associated Press
