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Garret Graves: “It doesn't matter if we get to 99.9 percent improvements. If there is one life, if there is one injury, we need to keep…”

On the recordJuly 16, 2019
It doesn't matter if we get to 99.9 percent improvements. If there is one life, if there is one injury, we need to keep striving to make sure that we get to perfection.
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Garret Graves
Republican · Louisiana

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Emphasizes the importance of safety over statistical improvements in aviation.

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