Mr. Secretary, what can you tell us about this latest incident and why does this keep happening? I'll tell you this. The system is old, right? This is a system that's 25 at best, sometimes 50 years old. The Congress and the country haven't paid attention to it, Right? They expect it to work. And so now I think the, the lights are blinking, the sirens are turning, and they're saying, listen, we have to fix this, because what you see in Newark is going to happen in other places across the country. (01:12–01:16)
CLAIM
Asserts that Congress and the country have neglected the air traffic control system.
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