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Sean Duffy: “New York has not been like LA or Atlanta where we've had…”

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Sean Duffy sounds alarm over growing travel problems amid shutdown

Published October 28, 2025 | Video Starts at 18:13

But yeah, no, we've seen, we've seen seen staffing shortages for sure. It's resulted in delays. I don't, I wouldn't tell you significant. New York has not been like LA or Atlanta where we've had more significant delays. Now I'm going off the top of my head. I don't know if it's LA or Atlanta. The number they should have in the facility was 2511 called in sick. (18:13–18:19)

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