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Sean Duffy: “If I don't feel like I have enough controllers or enough…”

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

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Secretary Duffy issues DIRE warning as shutdown drags on: 'Outrageous!'

Published | Video Starts at 05:28

They'll tell me there is that seepage of how are they going to deal with those finances. My job is to keep the airspace safe. And so If I don't feel like I have enough controllers or enough controllers that are focused, we will slow down traffic, we will stop traffic. And that's why you see the delays in the system. And the job number one is again, get people to where they're going safely. (05:28–05:36)

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Asserts that traffic will be slowed or stopped if there are not enough focused controllers.

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