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On the recordOctober 29, 2019
I am going to assume that you all wouldn't have ridden on an airplane if you believed that something was wrong.
Said by
Garret Graves
Republican · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Graves questions the safety assumptions of flying on the 737 MAX.

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