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Sean Duffy: “We've protected safety critical missions in the department…”

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

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Sean Duffy Discusses Solutions for Newark Airport Safety and Staffing Challenges

Published | Video Starts at 05:02

But no, we're adding to the IIJA by $1.5 billion. I forgot your question was something specific. But we've added money to it and again, we haven't let any controllers go. We've protected safety critical missions in the department, which are air traffic controllers. So we're trying to hire more air traffic. We actually have hired more air traffic controllers. We're not letting them go. We're trying to bring more on online. (05:02–05:09)

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Asserts that safety-critical missions, including air traffic controllers, have been protected.

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