Sean Patrick Duffy is an American politician, lawyer, former prosecutor, and former television personality. He served as the U.S. Representative for Wisconsin's 7th congressional district from 2011 to 2019. Currently, he holds the position of the 20th United States Secretary of Transportation, starting in 2025. A Republican, Duffy's career spans law, media, and politics.
On October 3, 1971, Sean Patrick Duffy was born. He would later become an American politician, lawyer, former prosecutor, and television personality.
During his hearing on January 15, 2025, Sean Duffy stated that if confirmed, his first trip as Secretary of Transportation would be to the Appalachian mountain regions of Tennessee and North Carolina, where flooding from Hurricane Helene damaged major interstate highways along with countless smaller roads and bridges.
On January 28, 2025, Sean Duffy was confirmed by the United States Senate as the U.S. Secretary of Transportation by a vote of 77-22, and was sworn in later that day.
On January 28, 2025, Sean Duffy was officially sworn in as Secretary of Transportation by United States Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
On January 29, 2025, Sean Duffy was ceremonially sworn in as Secretary of Transportation by Vice President JD Vance.
On February 10, 2025, Sean Duffy traveled to western North Carolina.
On March 7, 2025, The New York Times reported that Sean Duffy had a clash with Elon Musk during a White House cabinet meeting. Duffy criticized DOGE's pressure to dismiss air traffic controllers, and Musk retorted that what Duffy had said was a "lie".
In April 2025, Sean Duffy announced federal funding would be cut for the Texas Central Railway line.
In 2025, on his first official day in office, Sean Duffy responded to the 2025 Potomac River mid-air collision from the Federal Aviation Administration headquarters. He instructed that an investigation be opened into the cause of the crash and ordered his department to provide full support to the NTSB and all responding agencies and authorities. He held phone conversations with D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser, Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin, Kansas governor Laura Kelly, and NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy, and delivered the first official press conference regarding the incident at Reagan National Airport.
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