Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy

I'm not in the energy sector, but from all the briefings I've had, once the straight opens, you'll see prices come down, come down immediately.

And again, there's going to be a tail to that.

It's going to take time to get back to where we were before this conflict began.

But you're going to see, I think, immediate relief once the straight opens.

If we can bring in other assets and tools to assist TSA to get rid of these lines, yeah, I think that makes a lot of sense.

And the president's looking around every corner to make sure the American people don't suffer during the shutdown.

I've been here long enough to have been through a few of them.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says it is safe to fly and that the Federal Aviation Administration will restrict the number of planes in the air if there aren't enough air traffic controllers to manage the system safely.

But Duffy warns that there could be severe delays if the shutdown drags on another week and controllers miss a second full paycheck.

Air traffic controllers are required to work without pay during the government shutdown.

That's hurting morale, and many have called in sick, leading to staffing shortages and extensive delays at airports across the country.

Joel Rose, NPR News, Washington.

We're in this situation because the last administration didn't see to take initiative on the 3,000 controllers short that we were. The infrastructure didn't rot in the last 100 days. We didn't have 3,000 controller shortages in the last 100 days. There was four years that came before where nothing was done.

We're in this situation because the last administration didn't see to take initiative on the 3,000 controllers short that we were. The infrastructure didn't rot in the last 100 days. We didn't have 3,000 controller shortages in the last 100 days. There was four years that came before where nothing was done.

We're in this situation because the last administration didn't see to take initiative on the 3,000 controllers short that we were. The infrastructure didn't rot in the last 100 days. We didn't have 3,000 controller shortages in the last 100 days. There was four years that came before where nothing was done.