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J. D. Vance: “We had a shortage of 2,000 [air traffic control] people.”

Featuring: J. D. Vance, Republican | Vice President of the United States | National

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Published | Video Starts at 09:08

The Secretary of Transportation made a great point in private. I'm going to steal it right now because we got to get people into the air traffic control industry. We had a shortage of 2,000 [air traffic control] people. How many of those people? Look to the future. See the Congressional Democrats can't get their act together and say, you know what, we're not going to join air traffic controlling at all, which is going to further extend the delays. (09:08)

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