The Biden administration is to blame for the ongoing air traffic control failures at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport, and throughout the system, Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Monday.
“I think it is clear that the blame belongs with the last administration,” he said in a press conference at the DOT headquarters. “Pete Buttigieg and Joe Biden did nothing to fix the system that they knew was broken.”
Chris Meagher, a Buttigieg adviser, said Duffy “needs to spend more time doing what the American people are paying him to do — fix problems — and less time blaming others.”
Duffy’s comments come after over two weeks of ground delays and system outages at Newark Airport, where airlines have canceled and delayed flights.

拜登政府應(yīng)對(duì)新澤西州紐瓦克自由國(guó)際機(jī)場(chǎng)以及整個(gè)系統(tǒng)的持續(xù)空中交通管制故障負(fù)責(zé),美國(guó)交通部長(zhǎng)Sean Duffy 周一表示。
他在交通部總部的新聞發(fā)布會(huì)上說:“我認(rèn)為,責(zé)任顯然在上一屆政府?!彼a(bǔ)充道:“皮特·布蒂吉格和喬·拜登沒有采取任何措施來修復(fù)他們知道已經(jīng)出問題的系統(tǒng)?!?br /> 布蒂吉格的顧問Chris Meagher表示,達(dá)菲“應(yīng)該花更多時(shí)間做美國(guó)人民支付他薪水的工作——解決問題,而不是把責(zé)任推給別人?!?br /> Duffy的評(píng)論是在紐瓦克機(jī)場(chǎng)經(jīng)歷了超過兩周的地面延誤和系統(tǒng)故障之后提出的,期間航空公司取消和延誤了航班。