Ted Cruz: “In fact, just last Friday, an Air Force tanker was flying…”

“We've since learned from the National Transportation Safety Board that the military was routinely flying by its own set of rules, particularly around Reagan national, which meant that there had been numerous near misses before this deadly crash. In fact, just last Friday, an Air Force tanker was flying without using ADS B and nearly collided into a JetBlue plane headed to New York. Despite the justifiable public outrage over what happened at dca, clearly the Pentagon's behavior needed to change. In July, I, alongside eight of my Republican colleagues, introduced the Rotorcraft Operation Transparency and Oversight Reform, or the ROTOR Act.” (01:24–01:37)

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