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Sean Duffy: “That money's about to run out and we're seeing several of…”

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

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Sean Duffy sounds alarm over growing travel problems amid shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 12:53

And the problem we're now seeing is we have young people in the academy that they actually get a stipend. We pay them a small amount of money so they can go to school and they can make ends meet. That money's about to run out and we're seeing several of our students drop out of the academy. So instead of going in the right direction, where you want me to bring you more air traffic controllers so they have less stress and pressure on them because they have more resources available, human resources available to them. (12:53–13:01)

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Asserts that the stipend funds are running out, causing students to drop out.

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