At a House Appropriations Committee meeting yesterday regarding the Department of Transportation’s fiscal budget for 2026, Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.) referenced Duffy’s comments. She suggested that Duffy “diverted [his] wife from Newark airport to LaGuardia out of a sense of security.”

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy will testify before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Thursday morning about the department's fiscal 2026 budget request. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER The hearing is taking place at 10 a.

There was some controversy surrounding Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's decision to move his wife’s flight out of Newark, but he set the record straight.