When you look at it on the merits, in light of what happens happened, it is indefensible. And look, sometimes the swamp operates in the dead of night, but it shouldn't hear. Not when 67 lives were lost this year. We owe it to not only those who lost their lives on that January night, but to every other member of the flying public who gets on a plane, who puts their son or daughter or their mom or dad on a plane. (00:39–00:43)
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