Government Shutdown Leaves Air Traffic Controllers Without a Paycheck: Duffy

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00:00Government shutdown leaves air traffic controllers without a paycheck.

00:04Duffy.

00:05Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy told Fox and Friends on Tuesday that air traffic controllers

00:10don't get any money as a result of the ongoing government shutdown.

00:14The first day is hard, but the second day is even harder than that.

00:18According to Fox News, Duffy shared one controller's personal story where he was unable to pay

00:24for his daughter's travel expenses because he is no longer receiving a check.

00:28Democrats aren't voting to open up the government, he added.

00:32Duffy stressed that Americans flying today remain safe, crediting controllers who are still

00:37showing up to work.

00:38You are safe to fly because these controllers come in.

00:42They're the most amazing professionals.

00:44The Senate is expected to consider a bill from Senator Ted Cruz, Republican from Texas, to

00:49ensure air traffic controllers receive pay during the shutdown.

00:53Democrats have pushed back, with Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat from Connecticut, arguing

00:58that incremental funding bills cannot give President Donald Trump carte blanche to do

01:02what he wants.

01:03When asked about criticism from Republicans, Blumenthal said, air traffic controllers have

01:08been really admirable in coming to work and doing their job.

01:12Cruz countered saying, that the Democrats are not paying air traffic controllers is reckless.

01:18About 13,000 air traffic controllers are employed across the U.S., many already working six-day

01:24weeks due to staffing shortages.

01:27Duffy warned many controllers are now being forced to seek second jobs.

01:31If you have a controller that's working six days a week but has to think about, how am I

01:36going to pay the mortgage?

01:38Put food on my kid's table?

01:40Over the weekend, Los Angeles International Airport issued a temporary ground stop due to controller

01:45shortages, one of 22 airports experiencing staffing-related disruptions.

01:50There were more than 8,700 delayed flights Sunday and thousands more Monday, according to

01:55FlightAware data.

01:57Senator Roger Marshall, Republican from Kansas, suggested that mounting travel chaos could soon

02:02increase pressure on Senate Democrats.

02:05I think the air traffic control has the most potential to light this place up.

02:09He added that if senators themselves can't fly home, negotiations may move quickly.

02:13If the senators can't go home Thursday night because of air traffic control issues, then

02:19I think it really could be a pressure point.