Ted Cruz: “I very much hope this committee will move a surface…”

“I think it's ahistoric to suggest that employers at some point in time will have the ability to eliminate their labor cost in totality or in large part and decide not to do it. That's what concerns my members. I very much hope this committee will move a surface transportation bill this year. We are hard at work at it, and one of the important elements of that bill, I hope, will be an AV title.” (02:51–02:57)

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