Sean Duffy is confirmed by the Senate to lead the Transportation Department
Source: AP
NEW YORK (AP) — Sean Duffy was confirmed Tuesday as transportation secretary, giving him a key role in helping President Donald Trump cut regulations and fix the nation’s infrastructure.
The former Wisconsin congressman has promised safer Boeing planes, less regulation and help for U.S. companies developing self-driving cars -- while not giving any breaks to Elon Musk, a key player in that technology.
Duffy, a 53-year-old former reality TV star, was approved with bipartisan support on a 77-22 vote in the Senate.
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At his confirmation hearing earlier this month, Duffy vowed to “restore global confidence” in Boeing, hire more air traffic controllers, cut DEI programs at DOT and create federal rules for self-driving cars instead of leaving that to patchwork of state regulations that critics said holds back U.S. development.
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Duffy's gonna play politics in that position and reward friendly donors. Period. That's how the orangutang functions. On a very primal level of greed and ego. 
and speed climbing (sprinting up 60- and 90-foot poles) at 13. He holds two speed-climbing titles.
