Sean Duffy wants you to know that this wasn't Sean Duffy's fault
A Mother Jones article reports that Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy refuses to apologize for the November 2026 nationwide FAA ground stop, instead blaming previous administrations and Congress for decades of underinvestment. Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen pushes back that Congress provided $12.5 billion for modernization, of which the FAA's administrator says only about 38 percent has been spent, while Duffy warns disruptions could recur until copper wires are replaced by the end of 2028.
