At a House Appropriations Committee meeting yesterday regarding the Department of Transportation’s fiscal budget for 2026, Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.) referenced Duffy’s comments. She suggested that Duffy “diverted [his] wife from Newark airport to LaGuardia out of a sense of security.”

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy admitted Wednesday that he changed his wife’s flight reservation to avoid making her take off from Newark Liberty International Airport — just hours after claiming the troubled New Jersey hub was safe for the public.

The transportation secretary admitted to redirecting his wife through New York's LaGuardia airport but said it was because of Newark’s reliability, not safety.