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Sean Duffy: “They wasted, squandered $80 billion on DEI and climate crap.”

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Transportation Sec. Duffy on upgrades to air traffic control, enabling commercial space competition

Published August 14, 2025 | Video Starts at 10:17

He could have got a four year jump on us and he didn't do that. And so no, I don't think this is a record he can run on. They wasted, squandered $80 billion on DEI and climate crap. Do you think that some bridges and highways are racist? I asked did he really say that? And he. Yes, he really did say some of these. (10:17–10:22)

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Sean Duffy

“You built 84 [charging stations].”
Transportation Sec. Duffy on upgrades to air traffic control, enabling commercial space competition | Uploaded August 14, 2025 | 11:18-11:21
“Today was the 1,000th private launch that's taken place. That's taken 35 years.”
Transportation Sec. Duffy on upgrades to air traffic control, enabling commercial space competition | Uploaded August 14, 2025 | 12:32-12:40
“We got $12.5 billion in the big, beautiful bill, a down payment. We're going to need 31 and a half billion to do the whole job.”
Transportation Sec. Duffy on upgrades to air traffic control, enabling commercial space competition | Uploaded August 14, 2025 | 01:01-01:08
“We have a 35% washout rate at the academy, so we're losing a lot of our kids.”
Transportation Sec. Duffy on upgrades to air traffic control, enabling commercial space competition | Uploaded August 14, 2025 | 01:42-01:46
“I'm offering them a 20% upfront bonus, cash to Stay on and keep working for us.”
Transportation Sec. Duffy on upgrades to air traffic control, enabling commercial space competition | Uploaded August 14, 2025 | 02:07-02:14
“It's going to make up this 3000 controller deficit that we have right now.”
Transportation Sec. Duffy on upgrades to air traffic control, enabling commercial space competition | Uploaded August 14, 2025 | 02:18-02:24
“We are going to put sensors on our busiest runways so our air traffic controllers can see planes and if they get close, they can warn them…”
Transportation Sec. Duffy on upgrades to air traffic control, enabling commercial space competition | Uploaded August 14, 2025 | 03:32-03:43
“The new technology that we're going to be able to deploy in our brand new air traffic control system will help alleviate [near misses].”
Transportation Sec. Duffy on upgrades to air traffic control, enabling commercial space competition | Uploaded August 14, 2025 | 04:02-04:10
“We have drones that are going to enter into the airspace.”
Transportation Sec. Duffy on upgrades to air traffic control, enabling commercial space competition | Uploaded August 14, 2025 | 04:10-04:14
“The Evitals, the, the vertical lift Uber is in the air.”
Transportation Sec. Duffy on upgrades to air traffic control, enabling commercial space competition | Uploaded August 14, 2025 | 04:13-04:18
“Everyone who's using the airspace should help pay for it.”
Transportation Sec. Duffy on upgrades to air traffic control, enabling commercial space competition | Uploaded August 14, 2025 | 05:57-06:00
“Virtually all of industry people that, groups that don't always agree on air traffic control are all agreeing that this has to get done.”
Transportation Sec. Duffy on upgrades to air traffic control, enabling commercial space competition | Uploaded August 14, 2025 | 07:34-07:42
“I inherited a system that was dilapidated.”
Transportation Sec. Duffy on upgrades to air traffic control, enabling commercial space competition | Uploaded August 14, 2025 | 09:24-09:28
“We're going to get to the second thousand in less than five years because of President Trump's executive order.”
Transportation Sec. Duffy on upgrades to air traffic control, enabling commercial space competition | Uploaded August 14, 2025 | 12:39-12:46
“Now we have 60% of the business because we have too many rules and regulations.”
Transportation Sec. Duffy on upgrades to air traffic control, enabling commercial space competition | Uploaded August 14, 2025 | 12:55-13:00
“It's critical that we make sure we treat everyone fairly and we want a robust set of companies that are launching into space.”
Transportation Sec. Duffy on upgrades to air traffic control, enabling commercial space competition | Uploaded August 14, 2025 | 14:44-14:52
“Competition drives price down, it drives innovation.”
Transportation Sec. Duffy on upgrades to air traffic control, enabling commercial space competition | Uploaded August 14, 2025 | 14:52-14:55
“We have to treat them all fairly and give them equitable access to our launch pads and to our licensing.”
Transportation Sec. Duffy on upgrades to air traffic control, enabling commercial space competition | Uploaded August 14, 2025 | 15:03-15:10