We are the sixth largest city in the state of Texas, and We are the 22nd largest city in the United States without hospital, military operations and emergency services and critical infrastructures that depend on coordinated and reliable airspace operations. Decisions made without notice or coordination put lives at risk and create unnecessary danger and confusion. From the moment we learned about this, my office worked with Congresswoman Veronica Escobar, Major General Taylor at Fort Bliss, and our local, state and federal partners to get answers and to push for this to be corrected and lifted, which it was. (03:33–03:43)
CLAIM
Asserts that uncoordinated decisions by the FAA put lives at risk.
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