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Ted Cruz: “No clearance was requested [for the provision in the bill].”

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

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Sens. Cruz and Cantwell Hold Press Conference on Stripping Section 373 from the NDAA

Published | Video Starts at 21:03

Normally when you're adding a provision to the NDAA that impacts aviation, you would request clearance from the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Commerce Committee. No clearance was requested [for the provision in the bill]. We discovered this provision when the final version of the bill dropped out of the House and it was passed. I think very few House members had any idea it was in there. (21:03–21:05)

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