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Jay Rockefeller: “Frankly, it is embarrassing, and I expect the FAA to make progress on it in the near future.”

On the recordDecember 9, 2009
Frankly, it is embarrassing, and I expect the FAA to make progress on it in the near future.
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Jay Rockefeller
Democratic · West Virginia

Editor's note · Context

He criticizes the FAA's past failures in addressing safety issues.

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