We owe it to them to prevent another accident like that from happening again. Yeah, if this was suggested in, in the House version, we, I became aware of it when it was being sent and we objected that day when we found out it was going to be voted on in the House of Representatives. So, no, when I became aware that that language was in the NDAA the day that it was voted on in the House of Representatives, the day, the day of or the day before. (01:06–01:17)
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