Air traffic controllers missed their first full paycheck Tuesday and gathered at LaGuardia Airport, calling for Congress to end the government shutdown.

Union officials with the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, or NATCA, stood with U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, urging congressional representatives to find a way to pay controllers.

"I've been clear to our air traffic controllers, they need to show up for work. They do really important work for our country, and they need to show up. But I'm not going to lie to anybody to not say that they're not feeling the stress," Duffy said Tuesday at LaGuardia.

Duffy and union officials said some air traffic controllers have had to take second jobs or decide whether they should abandon their careers while airports nationwide a

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