Sean Duffy, a former Republican congressman and Fox Business News host, was chosen by President-elect Donald Trump to lead the Transportation Secretary.
The president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, said Monday that he will nominate the former congressman from Wisconsin and host of Fox Business News Sean Duffy to be Transportation Secretary.
If confirmed, Duffy will oversee aviation, automotive, rail, transit and other transportation policies at the department, with a budget of about $110 billion, as well as significant funding remaining under the 2021 infrastructure law. of the Biden administration's $1 trillion and electric vehicle charging stations.
“I look forward to helping you usher in a new golden age of transportation,” Duffy wrote on social media.
Trump has promised to roll back the Biden administration's vehicle emissions rules and plans to begin the process early this year as soon as he takes office. These rules reduce emissions by 50% by 2032 from 2026 levels and force automakers to make more electric vehicles.
Duffy will face a number of major transportation problems.
Traffic deaths in the United States have decreased this year, but remain well above pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels. The death rate remains higher this year than in any pre-pandemic year since 2008. He will face pressure to relax rules on self-driving cars, as Tesla and other automakers are calling for.
Trump said Duffy will prioritize “excellence, competence, competitiveness and beauty as we rebuild America's highways, tunnels, bridges and airports. He will ensure our ports and dams serve our economy without compromising our national security.”