Following Dangerous Cuts to Transportation Workforce, Rosen Joins Colleagues to Demand Trump Administration Prioritize Safety

WASHINGTON, DC– U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen, a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, joined colleagues in a letter urging Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy to stop the mass layoffs and firing of essential transportation safety employees and instead focus on prioritizing safety. In the letter, the lawmakers demand information regarding Department of Transportation plans to protect passengers and prevent future airline crashes.
“At the Department of Transportation, safety must come first, but that commitment appears in doubt as the Trump administration promotes cost-cutting over protecting the public,”wrote the Senators.“By offering to buy out federal employees, ordering government agencies to prepare for mass layoffs, firing employees with critical safety functions, giving Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) free reign to cut the federal workforce, and turning Musk, DOGE, and their unqualified staff loose on the air traffic control system, the Trump administration risks undermining decades of safety improvements.”
“We urge you to cease this dangerous approach to governing and request important information on how the Department of Transportation (DOT) plans to prioritize safety in this environment,”they continued.
The lawmakers requested responses by March 3 to questions that include:

The full letter can be foundHERE.
As a member of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Senator Rosen has been an advocate for Nevada’s transportation and infrastructure interests. Earlier this year, she announcedmore than $700,000to improve transportation for tribal communities in Nevada. She worked to write and pass theBipartisan Infrastructure Lawto create good-paying jobs and upgrade Nevada’s infrastructure. Last year, she secured$275 millionto improve and expand I-80 to reduce congestion in Northern Nevada.
###