Sean Duffy: “We lose over 40,000 people a year in car crashes.”

“I think Chair Hamidi made the point it's more dangerous to drive to the airport than it is to fly out of the airport. And that's true again. And we have to work on this number. We lose over 40,000 people a year in car crashes. Way too many. We got to bring that number down. We don't lose anywhere near that number in air travel. So, again, this is incredibly safe.” (22:07–22:12)

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