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Cory Booker: “If this was around during the time of the Wright brothers, we would have never gotten off the ground in exploring air…”

On the recordMarch 14, 2016
If this was around during the time of the Wright brothers, we would have never gotten off the ground in exploring air travel.
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Cory Booker
Democratic · New Jersey

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Booker compares current regulatory challenges to historical barriers faced by early aviation.

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