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Scott Bessent: “Yesterday we had 30 airport, 30 regional airports who have…”

Featuring: Scott Bessent, Republican | Secretary of the Treasury | National

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Published | Video Starts at 12:19

When he came to the office, they also, they were against the merger. And if JetBlue had merged with Spirit, we would have all these jobs that were lost. Yesterday we had 30 airport, 30 regional airports who have lost service. And I can tell you what happened here. It wasn't treasury, it was Commerce that was trying to put something together. But the reason we were here was because the merger, the Biden administration approach pose the merger. (12:19–12:25)

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