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Sean Duffy: “Air traffic controllers aren't being paid.”

Featuring: Sean Duffy, Republican | Secretary of Transportation | National

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Sean Duffy Holds Press Briefing As Shutdown Ties Record, Continues To Disrupt Air Travel

Published | Video Starts at 14:05

That's a good question. So you saw in the system yesterday, we have long lines with tsa, by the way, TSA falls under homeland security, but TSA workers are not being paid. Air traffic controllers aren't being paid. I have asked air traffic controllers continuously to come to work. It's their responsibility. It's Their job. And I got to tell you, the performance of air traffic controllers in this shutdown I think has been far better than past shutdowns. (14:05–14:08)

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Asserts that air traffic controllers are not receiving payment during the shutdown.

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