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Sen. Cruz Delivers Remarks on the Senate Floor in Support of the ROTOR Act

Published December 18, 2025 | Video Starts at 03:57

Senator Cantwell, Senator Moran and I have made significant progress with our Senate colleagues, and we've reached an agreement that will allow the Senate to pass this bill unanimously. Today, I'm also pleased to report that The ROTOR act now has the explicit backing of the White House on this revised product. The White House is committed to helping us work with our House colleagues to see that the ROTOR act passes in that chamber. (03:57–04:04)

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“67 souls were tragically lost in an instant [in the helicopter and airplane collision].”
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“The army helicopter flying along the Potomac river had deliberately chosen not to broadcast its location to other aircraft or to air traffic…”
Sen. Cruz Delivers Remarks on the Senate Floor in Support of the ROTOR Act | Uploaded December 18, 2025 | 00:32-00:52
“We've since learned from the National Transportation Safety Board that the military was routinely flying by its own set of rules…”
Sen. Cruz Delivers Remarks on the Senate Floor in Support of the ROTOR Act | Uploaded December 18, 2025 | 01:04-01:23
“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.”
Sen. Cruz Delivers Remarks on the Senate Floor in Support of the ROTOR Act | Uploaded December 18, 2025 | 01:24-01:37
“Had the Black Hawk been using ADS B, like every other aircraft is required to do, tragedy could well have been averted.”
Sen. Cruz Delivers Remarks on the Senate Floor in Support of the ROTOR Act | Uploaded December 18, 2025 | 00:52-01:04
“In July, I, alongside eight of my Republican colleagues, introduced the Rotorcraft Operation Transparency and Oversight Reform, or the ROTOR…”
Sen. Cruz Delivers Remarks on the Senate Floor in Support of the ROTOR Act | Uploaded December 18, 2025 | 01:48-01:59
“The committee passed the ROTOR act unanimously.”
Sen. Cruz Delivers Remarks on the Senate Floor in Support of the ROTOR Act | Uploaded December 18, 2025 | 02:07-02:11
“It requires all aircrafts, civilian and military, to equip and receive ADS B signals.”
Sen. Cruz Delivers Remarks on the Senate Floor in Support of the ROTOR Act | Uploaded December 18, 2025 | 02:26-02:36
“It directs the FAA to comprehensively evaluate the safety of airspaces around airports across the country so that no other airspace has the…”
Sen. Cruz Delivers Remarks on the Senate Floor in Support of the ROTOR Act | Uploaded December 18, 2025 | 02:38-02:52
“It improves aviation safety information sharing between the FAA and the military.”
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