… wants to continue to see letting the military do whatever they want to do in a congested airspace. As Senator Cruz mentioned, passing the ROTOR act is our real goal. A reform to the system that would assure that an accident like this would never happen again. Almost one year ago, when 67 people died when a Black Hawk helicopter smashed into American Flight 5342 over the Potomac river, we created victims that didn't need to be there. (06:59–07:05)
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Asserts that the ROTOR act would prevent future accidents similar to the one involving Flight 5342.
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