Washington, D.C. – Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) released the following statement after the confirmation vote for Sean Duffy to be the Secretary of Transportation:
“As a member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, I had an opportunity to have one-on-one conversations with Sean Duffy about critical transportation and infrastructure initiatives Delawareans rely on. We had productive discussions, and I voted him out of committee earlier this month.
“I was prepared to vote ‘yes’ on his confirmation today on the floor, but with Donald Trump’s decision last night to unconstitutionally freeze funding approved by Congress, I could not support Mr. Duffy’s nomination.
“What President Trump has done is illegal. I remain laser focused on protecting Delawareans from Trump’s attack on federal dollars. If President Trump wants to make changes to the federal budget, he must approach Congress to do so. As clearly laid out in our constitution, Congress has power of the purse.”
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