President Trump Nominates Transportation Secretary

President Trump has nominated former U.S. Representative Sean Duffy to serve as the next secretary of the Department of Transportation.

Trump, in a statement, shared, “I am pleased to announce that former Congressman Sean Duffy, from the Great State of Wisconsin, is nominated to serve as the Secretary of Transportation.”

“Sean has been a tremendous and well-liked public servant, starting his career as a District Attorney for Ashland, Wisconsin, and later elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District,” added Trump.

Duffy currently is a co-host of “The Bottom Line” on Fox Business.

BREAKING: President Trump has selected former Wisconsin Congressman Sean Duffy to serve as the Secretary of Transportation.

Congratulations @SeanDuffyWI!! pic.twitter.com/UlH8tFnlWQ

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) November 18, 2024

Per The Hill:

President-elect Trump said Monday that his selection for the role of transportation secretary in his upcoming administration is former Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.)

“I am pleased to announce that former Congressman Sean Duffy, from the Great State of Wisconsin, is nominated to serve as the Secretary of Transportation,” Trump said in a statement. “Sean has been a tremendous and well-liked public servant, starting his career as a District Attorney for Ashland, Wisconsin, and later elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District.”

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Duffly left the House in late 2019 in the wake of learning that one of his children had a heart condition. He has historically been a supporter of the president-elect, defending Trump’s controversial 2017 executive order on immigration imposing a 90-day ban on nationals from seven mostly Muslim countries from coming into the U.S.
“What’s wrong with a pause? We’ve having a pause for 90 days. Why is that so radical?” Duffy said on CNN’s “New Day” at the time.

Trump picks Fox News contributor and former Rep. Sean Duffy for transportation secretary https://t.co/G1R3OizGBD pic.twitter.com/iGJmW7cs2i

— New York Post (@nypost) November 18, 2024

Check out what CNN reported:

President-elect Donald Trump announced Monday he has selected former congressman Sean Duffy to serve as the next secretary of the Department of Transportation.

Duffy served in the US House of Representatives from 2011 to 2019, representing Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District.

“Sean will use his experience and the relationships he has built over many years in Congress to maintain and rebuild our Nation’s Infrastructure, and fulfill our Mission of ushering in The Golden Age of Travel, focusing on Safety, Efficiency, and Innovation,” Trump said in a statement.

The new leader of the department will face a number of safety-related issues regarding aviation, including plane manufacturer Boeing’s string of quality control and manufacturing issues. There are also airline labor union strike threats and climate-focused initiatives like electric vehicles and charging stations that are likely to be on his desk in the coming years.

Established in 1966, the Department of Transportation has nearly 55,000 workers and leads the country’s safety, sustainability and efficiency efforts with regard to all forms of travel and transport.

In the role, Duffy would takeover the department from Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who was named to lead the department in February 2021. During Trump’s first administration, Elaine Chao headed the agency before resigning after the January 6, 2021, insurrection.