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Maria Cantwell: “The military testified before the FAA in a rulemaking that…”

Featuring: Maria Cantwell, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Washington

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Sens. Cruz and Cantwell Hold Press Conference on Stripping Section 373 from the NDAA

Published | Video Starts at 28:43

And so that was like a huge wake up call for, for us. We had no idea that that kind of route and that kind of proximity even existed. But then to find out that apparently The military testified before the FAA in a rulemaking that it was going to be very rarely used, basically changed their mind and was doing it that way all the time, 100% of the time. So this system, it's got to get tightened up. It's just we need, as you can see from this most recent incident that Senator Cruz mentioned at the beginning of his remarks. (28:43–28:57)

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Asserts that the military changed its stance on the use of certain airspace, using it 100% of the time despite previous testimony.

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