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Sean Duffy: “Of the $5 billion that was spent or was given, only 1…”

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

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Sean Duffy Discusses Air Traffic Control System Overhaul and Newark Airport Delays

Published | Video Starts at 01:17

They spent. Joe Biden signed right here at this White House. And how much was spent to rebuild air traffic control? $5 billion. And Of the $5 billion that was spent or was given, only 1 billion was actually spent. So they have made no investments in the system that we now see having issues in Newark. On top of that, they were focused on things like racist roads. (01:17–01:24)

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Asserts that only $1 billion of the allocated $5 billion for air traffic control was actually spent.

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