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Ted Cruz: “Had [ADS B in] been the law, we would have prevented the…”

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

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Sen. Ted Cruz Calls for Commonsense Reforms to Prevent Midair Collisions

Published | Video Starts at 02:19

Let's get it now. We prevented a couple of tragedies. Yes. Thank you for alpa's hard work on it. I think it is critical safety, a critical safety measure. Had [ADS B in] been the law, we would have prevented the crash over DCA and 67 souls would still be with us. Mr. Viola, in your judgment, does the mandate in the Rotor act put an unreasonable burden on general aviation? (02:19–02:28)

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Asserts that the crash over DCA could have been prevented with ADS B in technology.

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