交通部长肖恩·达菲周五要求国会拨款500亿美元，以修复美国航空系统，此举让共和党和民主党批评者一致表示愤怒。此前，全国范围内的航班停飞导致美国领空活动中断超过四个小时。
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy united Republican and Democrat critics in outrage Friday when he demanded $50 billion from Congress to fix America’s aviation systems after a nationwide flight shutdown halted all activity in U.S. airspace for more than four hours.
达菲周五晚间在白宫新闻发布会上也确认，停飞已结束。此前，关于停飞原因存在数小时的不确定性。
Duffy also confirmed Friday night during a White House press conference that the shutdown was over, after hours of uncertainty about the cause.
“这是一场紧急情况，”达菲说。“我希望国会给我们紧急拨款。”
“This is an emergency,” Duffy said. “I want Congress to give us emergency funding.”
他补充说：“这是两党合作，这是美国人的事。我要500亿美元。特朗普总统是一位建设者；他将建设这个网络，为美国人民带来成果。但除非国会拨款，否则总统无法为美国带来成果。”达菲此前在X上写道，联邦航空管理局下令停飞，阻止所有飞机从美国机场起飞，原因是“影响所有航空路线交通管制中心的通信问题”，并在新闻发布会上将其归咎于FAA的旧路由器。此次停飞导致数千架航班受影响，约150万人被困或流离失所。两党批评者都抨击达菲要求数十亿美元的做法。
He added, “This is bipartisan, this is American. I want $50 billion. President [Donald] Trump is a builder; he’s going to build this network and deliver for the American people. But the president can’t deliver for America unless the Congress delivers the money.”Duffy wrote earlier on X that the Federal Aviation Administration ordered the ground stop, preventing all aircraft from departing U.S. airports, because of “a communication issue impacting all Air Route Traffic Control Centers,” and attributed it to old FAA routers during his presser. The shutdown left around 1.5 million people stranded or displaced after thousands of flights were affected. Critics from both sides of the aisle railed against Duffy’s billion-dollar ask.
“共和党已经执政两年，浪费了更多时间和金钱，表现得像HGTV的参与者，而不是去修复重要的事情，他却在这里抱怨，好像民主党一直在掌权一样，”一名X用户写道，另一名用户表示：“裙带资本主义……”“ICE在常规拨款之外还有600亿美元的额外资金，我们应该至少用其中一部分资金给FAA，”夏威夷州参议员布莱恩·沙茨（民主党）写道。“我们可以解决这个问题，而无需花费纳税人任何额外资金。”前特朗普盟友、佐治亚州众议员玛乔丽·泰勒·格林（共和党）对达菲进行了猛烈抨击。
“Republicans have been in control for 2 years and have wasted more time and money acting like HGTV participants instead of fixing the stuff that matters and he’s here bitching like the Democrats have been in charge,” wrote one X user, with another stating: “Crony capitalism…”“There is a pot of 60 billion extra dollars on top of the regularly appropriated amount for ICE and we should use at least a portion of that money for the FAA,” wrote Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii). “We can solve this problem and not spend any additional taxpayer dollars.”Former Trump ally Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) went scorched Earth on Duffy.
“这场新闻发布会简直是胡说八道，”格林在X上写道。“这简直就是敲诈更多钱……达菲部长要求更多你辛苦挣来的税款来修复它。缴纳所有税款，每年高达5.7万亿美元，还不够！！！”
“This press conference is unreal bullshit,” Greene wrote on X. “It’s literally like a shakedown for more money … Sec Duffy is demanding more of your hard-earned tax dollars to fix it. Paying all your taxes, which is like $5.7 TRILLION DOLLARS per year is NOT enough!!!”
她补充道，“这是对美国人民最大的中指。我这辈子从没见过这么可悲的事！我们欠债超过40万亿美元，而美国人民总是排在最后。我们的钱被偷走，送到外国，浪费在没完没了的胡说八道上。”对达菲——一位前真人秀明星——的沮丧反应并未就此结束。
She added, “This is the biggest fuck you to the American people. I’ve never seen anything so pathetic in my life! We are over $40 trillion in debt and the American people are always put last. Our money is stolen sent to foreign countries and wasted on nonstop bullshit.”The frustrated reactions to Duffy, a former reality television star, didn’t end there.