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Eric Swalwell: “I scratched my head wondering why we would want to make our passengers and crew more vulnerable today than they were…”

On the recordMarch 13, 2013
I scratched my head wondering why we would want to make our passengers and crew more vulnerable today than they were since the policy was implemented and why we would want to recklessly and dangerously put them at risk.
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Eric Swalwell
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Swalwell questions the rationale behind changing the knife policy for airline safety.

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