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Ron Johnson: “PTC was passed back in 2008, you know, seven years ago.”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Sen. Johnson Questioning Witnesses at Commerce, Sci, Trans Hearing 6 10 15

Published | Video Starts at 00:21

I'm not sure who the best person is to ask this question, but, you know, now that we've got Google Maps, we've got, you know, Google's driverless car. PTC was passed back in 2008, you know, seven years ago. That's. That's almost, you know, an eon ago. In terms of technology advancements, are we really looking at the right technology? Are we spending money on something that's already obsolete before we implement it? (00:21–00:25)

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Asserts that Positive Train Control (PTC) legislation was passed in 2008.

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