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Maria Cantwell: “The bipartisan agreement fixes both problems. First, it…”

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In the Reagan National Airport collision that took 67 lives, 67 people died because the military helicopter flew invisible into another aircraft and pilots lacked the technology to see each other. The bipartisan agreement fixes both problems. First, it closes the ADBS B out loophole immediately upon the enactment of this legislation. Previous attempts to try to close these loopholes have met with rules that allowed for loopholes. (07:15–07:26)

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Asserts that the bipartisan agreement closes the ADBS B out loophole immediately upon enactment.

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