Below are clips, with links, to two current news stories on Sean Duffy, a Catholic father of nine, whom President Trump has appointed to head up the Department of Transportation (DOT), following the embarrassing tenure of the notoriously inept homosexual ideologue, Pete Buttigieg.
By way of stark contrast with his predecessor, Secretary Duffy is instituting pro-family policies at DOT.
Nine Things to Know About Sean Duffy,
New Transportation Secretary and Catholic Dad
(Matthew McDonald/National Catholic Register) — U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy has been one of the higher-profile members of President Donald Trump’s cabinet in the early weeks of the new administration.
Duffy, 53, was one of Trump’s least controversial picks. He got confirmed by the U.S. Senate with a unanimous vote by a Senate committee and a 77-22 vote from the full Senate.
He immediately took center stage Jan. 29 in the aftermath of the fatal airplane-helicopter collision over the Potomac River, near the border between the District of Columbia and Virginia.
During his confirmation hearing Jan. 22, Duffy identified as goals improving safety; “to make sure we get Boeing back on track, producing great airplanes that are safe airplanes; and advancing infrastructure projects.
Read more at the National Catholic Register…
Trump’s Catholic transportation secretary prioritizes grants
for communities with high birth rates
(Matt Lamb/LifeSiteNews) — President Donald Trump’s Catholic Department of Transportation (DOT) secretary believes that federal infrastructure grants should give priority to growing communities with high birth rates.
Secretary Sean Duffy, a Catholic father of nine kids, directed the Transportation Department to consider a variety of factors in awarding grants, including “the accessibility of transportation to families with young children.”
The department should also “give preference to communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average,” according to the memo.
The memo also prohibited grant recipients, such as public train or bus systems, from imposing vaccine and mask mandates. It also included other guidelines such as minimizing pollution.
