WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator and Ranking Member of the Senate's Aviation Subcommittee Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today issued the following statement regarding reports that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) accidentally shot down a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) drone in Texas:
"The Trump Administration's incompetence continues to cause chaos in our skies.
"On the heels of the NTSB confirming that the failure of DoD and FAA to effectively communicate resulted in the tragic loss of life above DCA, we now see that-a full year later-dysfunction continues to endanger our aviation system, from DoD dismissing FAA safety warnings against allowing DHS to use its counter dr...