Ted Cruz: “In July, I, alongside eight of my Republican colleagues…”

“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. After several weeks negotiating a bipartisan agreement with ranking member of the Senate Commerce Committee, Maria Cantwell, the committee passed the ROTOR act unanimously. Here's what the ROTOR act does.” (01:48–01:59)

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