An Army helicopter collided with an American Airlines jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members Wednesday night while the plane was landing, sending it careening into the frigid Potomac River. All onboard are feared dead in what is shaping up to be the deadliest U. Duffy appeared alongside Washington D. And he joined Trump in the White House briefing room Thursday, where the new president offered prayers to the victims and lamented the tragedy, but also made a series of politically charged accusations that he acknowledged were not based on fact.
Duffy later worked as a special prosecutor and the district attorney of Ashland County in northern Wisconsin. He won election to Congress as part of the tea party wave in Tom Tiffany, who succeeded Duffy in Congress, said he first knew of Duffy when he was a lumberjack in the s before either of them entered politics. When he first ran for Congress, Duffy was considered an underdog. But he attracted national attention with his campaign ads, which featured him dramatically chopping wood while donning a red flannel shirt.
Duffy served in the House for nearly nine years. He was member of the Financial Services Committee and chair of the subcommittee on insurance and housing. He was one of several Fox personalities that Trump chose to fill his Cabinet, including Pete Hegseth , the new defense secretary. Duffy has nine children, the youngest of whom was born with a heart condition. Because of his large family, Duffy will have empathy with the relatives of crash victims, said Mark Graul, a longtime Republican operative in Wisconsin who has known Duffy for more than 25 years.
He likes having success. It sets safety standards for trains, cars and trucks. The department regulates the airline industry through the Federal Aviation Administration, which has been grappling with a shortage of air traffic controllers. The agency also includes the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which regulates automakers and sets fuel economy standards for cars and trucks.
In his first act after his swearing-in, Duffy rolled back fuel mileage standards put in place by the Biden administration. By Associated Press. More in National Politics.
