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On the recordMay 15, 2012
I led this committee to Newark when that happened, when flight operations were shut down and thousands of members of the flying public were inconvenienced for nearly 7 hours.
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Mike McCaul
Republican · Texas
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Recalling a past incident of airport security failure and its impact.

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