Washington – The Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy had sworn only a few hours when the first important commercial plane accident In the United States in more than a decade He surprised the nation on Wednesday night.
The Senate Duffy confirmedThe election of President Trump to direct the Department of Transportation, on Tuesday, with an important bipartisan support, and vice president JD Vance swore it on Wednesday afternoon. Later that night, a regional American Airlines plane Chocó in the air With a black hawk helicopter near the Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC
This is what you should know about the new Secretary of Transportation:
Who is Duffy?
Duffy, 53, represented Wisconsin in the House of Representatives from 2011 to 2019. He previously served as Ashland County District Prosecutor, Wisconsin.
After leaving Congress, he joined Fox News as a collaborator and was coanfrerion of a Fox Business program, until Mr. Trump announced his selection For Secretary of Transportation. He and his wife have nine children.
In his new work, Duffy has pledged to “mark the beginning of an era of gold and travel gold.” Appearing before the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee of the Senate earlier this month, it emphasized the importance of security while assuming the role.
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“In aviation, security will continue to be a priority,” said Duffy, noting that the country needs more air traffic controlle and committing to work to modernize systems with avant -garde technologies. He said he would work to restore confidence in Boeing “and to make sure our skies are safe.”
Duffy promised to “create clear regulations that balance safety, innovation and avant -garde technology, but always focused on security.”
Responding to DC Air accident
For Wednesday night, the new Secretary of Transportation saying He was at the site at the headquarters of the Federal Aviation Administration and had ordered the Department of Transportation and the FAA to support the National Board of Transportation Security in his response to the accident.
In the early hours of Thursday morning, Duffy joined the Mayor of DC and emergency response officials at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport for briefly reporters on the collision.
When asked how he felt after the accident that happened only a few hours after assuming the role, Duffy said his approach was in the impacted.
“I have been the secretary for just over a day, and the tragedy with which we are going to deal with this recovery, I think he is touching everyone’s hearts,” said Duffy.
At another press conference later on Thursday morning, Duffy assured the public that American airspace is still safe.
“I will tell you with total confidence that we have the safest airspace in the world,” Duffy said.
That appears Together with President Trump And Defense Secretary Pete Hegesh in an informative session of the White House, Duffy described the “government response” to the accident and promised to “reach the end of this investigation, not in three years, not in four years, but what faster possible.
“What happened yesterday should not have happened. It shouldn’t have happened,” said Duffy. “And when Americans take off on the planes, they must wait to land at their destination.”
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