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Ted Cruz: “The total cost estimate--very tentative in our view at this point still--is $20 billion for the agency, with completion…”

On the recordFebruary 7, 2017
The total cost estimate--very tentative in our view at this point still--is $20 billion for the agency, with completion pegged between 2025 and 2030, perhaps.
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Ted Cruz
Republican · Texas

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Cruz discusses the uncertain costs and timeline of the FAA's NextGen program.

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