At a House committee budget meeting, Transportation Secretary Duffy explained why he switched his wife's flight away from Newark after the airport had several tech and staffing issues

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.”