… hardware of, of, of, of radios and voice switches and radar, and we're going to rebuild the whole telecom system, build a whole new software system to control the airspace. I need billions of dollars to do that. I can't take that out of the 22 billion that runs the FAA. And so that's why Congress has to give us extra appropriations to make that happen. But by and large, the 22 billion, there's plenty of money there to, to run the operations is just making sure we run them well. (05:49–05:55)
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Asserts that billions are needed for modernization, separate from the FAA's operational budget.
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