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Ted Cruz: “The FAA is not going to return to full capacity flights…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 03:10

Maybe that immediately turns around on Thursday, but that depends upon the decision of 50,000 TSA agents and 14,000 air traffic controllers. And The FAA is not going to return to full capacity flights until we have sufficient numbers of controllers in the air traffic control room. to ensure that people are flying safely. That's gonna be a really important part of the equation, as you described it there. And it's a smart way that. (03:10–03:20)

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Asserts that the FAA will not return to full capacity flights until there are enough air traffic controllers.

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