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Sean Duffy: “They [air traffic controllers] were paid about 10 days ago.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 12:24

And what I think is critical, especially for us at dot, is that our air traffic controllers aren't going to get paid during the shutdown. And so just to give you guys a little history, They [air traffic controllers] 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. (12:24–12:29)

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Asserts that air traffic controllers received their last paycheck approximately 10 days ago.

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