Sep
29
2023
Washington, DC — With just hours left to avoid a Republican government shutdown, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg has made clear the harm this shutdown would cause, from work stopping at the Department of Transportation, to Federal employees, including military servicemembers, air traffic controllers, and more being forced to work without a paycheck. Even a few days of a shutdown could set back efforts to hire and train air traffic controllers, just as we turn the corner on a years-long backlog to fully staff the...