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Sean Duffy: “They [air traffic controllers] just got notice yesterday on…”

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

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And so just to give you guys a little history, they were paid about 10 days ago. And in that paycheck, they got 90% of their pay because most of that pay period fell into September. But They [air traffic controllers] just got notice yesterday on what their pay is going to be for this coming Tuesday, and they got noticed that their paycheck is going to be a big fat zero. And so as I've traveled around to talk to the controllers, there's great frustration, there's anxiety, because as any one of you, you look at the expectation that a paycheck … (12:24–12:48)

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Asserts that air traffic controllers were notified that their upcoming paycheck will be zero.

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