President Trump has nominated former Wisconsin Congressman and Fox Business host Sean Duffy to serve as transportation secretary.

“During his time in Congress, Sean was a respected voice and communicator in the Republican Conference, advocating for Fiscal Responsibility, Economic Growth, and Rural Development. Admired across the aisle, Sean worked with Democrats to clear extensive Legislative hurdles to build the largest road and bridge project in Minnesota History,” Trump announced.

“He will prioritize Excellence, Competence, Competitiveness and Beauty when rebuilding America’s highways, tunnels, bridges, and airports,” he added.

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Duffy served as U.S. representative for Wisconsin’s 7th congressional district from 2011 to 2019.

Fox News reports:

Duffy joined FOX News Media as a contributor in 2020. He currently serves as the co-host of FOX Business’ The Bottom Line alongside Dagen McDowell. He also provides political analysis across all FOX News Media platforms.

Prior to joining the network, Duffy served nearly nine years as a United States Congressman representing the people of Wisconsin’s Seventh Congressional District, the state’s largest district. During his time in office, he was on the Financial Services Committee and served as the Chairman of the Sub-Committee on Insurance and Housing. Previously, he was the District Attorney of Ashland County, Wisconsin where he dedicated resources to prosecuting child sex crimes. Working together with law enforcement, he established Ashland County one of the first counties in the state to investigate and prosecute child Internet sex crimes.

He recently contributed to the extensive coverage of the 2024 Republican National Convention.

🚨BREAKING: Trump just nominated Sean Duffy as The Secretary of Transportation:

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Trump picks Fox News contributor and former Rep. Sean Duffy for transportation secretary https://t.co/G1R3OizGBD pic.twitter.com/iGJmW7cs2i

— New York Post (@nypost) November 18, 2024

From the New York Post:

Duffy’s tenure in Congress ended in early 2019, when he stepped down to tend to his newborn daughter who suffered from a heart defect. The transportation secretary-designate has nine children.

Should Duffy win confirmation, he will oversee a department that has over 55,000 employees and oversees rail, transit and other infrastructure policies. The Department of Transportation has a budget of roughly $110 billion.

If confirmed, Duffy would also inherit additional funding from the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law passed by Congress, including for electric vehicle charging apparatuses which have been roundly mocked by conservatives.