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Sean Duffy: “All of them [air traffic controllers] received full pay…”

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

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Sean Duffy gives Thanksgiving travel update, discusses 'civility' campaign

Published | Video Starts at 15:38

But to be clear with regard to the, to, to our air traffic controllers, even those who had unique circumstances come up, maybe they would have been there but for they, they got sick or a child got sick, All of them [air traffic controllers] received full pay. Even the ones that didn't show up as much as they should have. Everybody got every single day. They would have worked even though they didn't work. So there is a benefit that comes. But this is, this is the above and beyond. (15:38–15:44)

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Asserts that all air traffic controllers received full pay during the shutdown, regardless of attendance.

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