Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned that if the government shutdown continues into next week, the Department of Transportation (DOT) may be forced to “close certain parts of the airspace.”

During a press conference on Tuesday, Duffy explained that the longer the government shutdown goes on, Americans working jobs where they have not received a paycheck during the shutdown are “forced to make decisions and choices” about whether to continue working in their current jobs or get a different job.

“The longer this goes on, every day these hardworking Americans have bills they have to pay, and they’re being forced to make decisions and choices,” he said. “Do they go to work as an air traffic controller, or do they have to find a different job to get resources, money, to put food on th

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