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John Cornyn: “The hiring and training of any new air traffic…”

Featuring: John Cornyn, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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'Profoundly Embarrassing': John Cornyn Blames Schumer, Dems For Senate Gridlock As Shutdown Goes On

Published | Video Starts at 10:43

TSA workers and air traffic controllers have to keep working. And these are the people that make sure our. Airlines operate safely and on. Time, but they have to work without pay. The hiring and training of any new air traffic controllers...will stop during the time the federal government shut down. the federal government shut down. No new hiring of new personnel to help make our air traffic safe. All of this because Senate Democrats can't work in a bipartisan manner to keep government open, even for a few weeks. (10:43–10:59)

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Asserts that hiring and training of air traffic controllers will cease during a government shutdown.

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