Kirsten Gillibrand: “DOT has lost numerous staff who focus on the Spectrum…”

“Our bill will lead to an increase in the volume of requests to the Department of Transportation for real time execution and pre coordination of counter UAS packages. Unfortunately, DOT has lost numerous staff who focus on the Spectrum Engineering office. Will you commit to increasing staffing for the Spectrum Engineering office? So the DOT is not holding up DoD's counter US missions. And if not, what's your plan? So I.” (00:33–00:40)

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