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Ted Cruz: “Air traffic control primarily relies on 1950s technology.”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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This Week in Texas Senator Ted Cruz on trade under Trump administration

Published | Video Starts at 03:36

And so we need to invest in technology. We also need to modernize our air traffic control system. You know, it's amazing that Air traffic control primarily relies on 1950s technology. It relies on radar and literally little slips of paper. And I've been fighting for a long time to modernize that system, to use GPS, to use advanced technology to get into the 21st century. (03:36–03:42)

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