By South China Morning Post | Created at 2024-11-19 01:04:36 | Updated at 2024-11-19 03:37:41
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Donald Trump on Monday nominated former congressman Sean Duffy to be transportation secretary and oversee a huge federal portfolio of infrastructure spending and transit regulations.
As the incoming Republican administration promises a swathe of spending cuts, Trump in a statement praised Duffy’s advocacy in Congress for “fiscal responsibility”.
Still, with the leader of the Department of Transportation tasked with overseeing major infrastructure upgrades and maintenance, the president-elect said Duffy, from Wisconsin, worked with Democratic colleagues in Congress on a major road and bridge project.
And as the Trump administration seeks to slash regulations, the incoming president said Duffy would eliminate racial diversity programmes for pilots and air traffic controllers.
“He will prioritise excellence, competence, competitiveness and beauty when rebuilding America’s highways, tunnels, bridges and airports,” Trump said.
Duffy – like defence secretary pick Pete Hegseth – is a television host, with the former on Fox Business and the latter on the arch-conservative Fox News.
