Duffy clashes with Democrats over DEI funding cuts, claims air traffic controllers let go.

Secretary for transport Sean Duffy imbued with Democrats at the hearing of a housing houses on Wednesday, straying To biden Climate and social justice projects, while pushing themselves against the requirements of 400 air traffic controllers.

Duffy said that such initiatives suffered money from other projects, pointing to the decision of the Supreme Court at Harvard in 2023, which effectively completed affirmative actions in college receiving as a justification for their removal. He said that such policies from the age of biden inflate the project costs without contributing to the quality of security or infrastructure.

“Our department, during the last hundred days, has saved taxpayers about $ 9.5 billion,” Duffy said in his introductory statement. “These savings include cash -drawn funds from projects related to social justice to Climate requirementsAlso boondogle projects, as well as bringing efficiency in the department. “

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Ambassador Jim Clyburn, Ds.c., took into account the move and withdrew his personal experience to justify him.

“My late wife … She had to walk two and a half kilometers every morning to school near the white school, where white children had buses. It was a social injustice,” Clyburn said. “Now all of a sudden we see it as a wasteful government consumption? I don’t think so. I think this is a wise investment in a country that has challenges that all people who are involved in.”

Duffy, praised Clyburn’s history and worked as an elected official, explained that he did not attack the broader concept of social justice, but the specific conditions of politics under the management of Biden.

“What I see with the climate and demands for social justice in projects you so dear to want to build, to add expenses,” Duffy said. “It costs more money. If we take out 5 to 10% of the climate or social justice, it is money we don’t have for additional projects. And that’s my concern.”

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Duffy also clashed with Rev. Torres norm, D-Calif, who claimed that 400 air traffic controllers were released, accusing Trump administration eroding national projects for air travel safety and delaying infrastructure projects.

“The administration undermined [safety efforts] Offering delayed resignation to the controllers and at least 400 of them … It was discharged, resulting in delays to the upgraded upgrades, “Torres said.

Duffy pushed himself sharply, calling his statement “false” and directly denying the claim.

“We didn’t shoot – we didn’t let anyone go,” Duffy said. “Air traffic controllers? You said we release 400. No one in air traffic control is allowed to take the delayed resignation offer. Not one. Not 400. Zero.”

The hearing focused on an overview of the request for the Discretion Budget of the FY Traffic Department 2026 in the amount of $ 26.7 billion, which is 5.8% of the increase compared to the FY 2025. He promised to reduce bureaucracy, remove inefficiency and outgrow the savings of infrastructure.

“Our budget carefully focuses on taxpayers’ resources on the items critical of our most basic safety and investment in traffic infrastructure,” Duffy said.

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As for the recent breaks at Newark airport, he blamed them for misconceptions from the previous administrationQuoting unplanned airspace control from New York to Philadelphia.

“They did not test and ensured that the lines were harden … And they did not move the stars system, which helps to interpret the radar,” Duffy said.

“We’re working at lightning speed and a pace to handle it,” he said.

To facilitate the pressure on the system, FAA also works with airlines to reduce the amount of flight, he said.