06/09/2021
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"is our priority a long-term FAA reauthorization, or is it privatization of air traffic control, because those two things may be mutually exclusive."
"I think one of the problems with privatization is the removal of Congress from having a role to play."
"A majority of the Senate, in fact, a majority of both Republicans and Democrats in the Senate put the efforts together to make sure contract towers were supported."
"I would remain skeptical, Madam Secretary, that rural America and, particularly, the contract tower program would be more secure with privatization of air traffic control and run by a Board of 13 peop..."