GHSA Calls for Swift Senate Confirmation of Sean Duffy as Transportation Secretary

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 8, 2025

CONTACT: Adam Snider (GHSA), 202-580-7930, 202-365-8971 (cell)

Statement by Jonathan Adkins, Chief Executive Officer, Governors Highway Safety Association

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) strongly urges the Senate to promptly confirm Sean Duffy as Secretary of Transportation. It's imperative that the U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) has a proven and safety-focused leader in place to address critical roadway safety challenges.

The U.S. DOT needs a strong leader, like Sean Duffy, to drive meaningful progress and promote innovation in transportation safety. Once confirmed, GHSA looks forward to working with Duffy to strengthen the efforts of State Highway Safety Offices to improve road safety and reduce traffic fatalities. We urge the Senate to act swiftly to confirm him, so he can quickly get to work on prioritizing safety and championing innovation in state highway safety grants. Too often behavioral traffic safety programs are hampered by unnecessary administrative burdens. We need a Transportation Secretary who can modernize the nation's roadway safety programs to make them more outcome-focused, efficient, flexible, and responsive to the needs of states and communities across the country. Communities depend on this funding to improve safety through law enforcement and other critical programs.

We are also optimistic that the Secretary nominee will embrace innovative technology that can address critical safety challenges like drunk driving. The Trump administration has the opportunity to do what no other administration has done - end drunk driving.

GHSA looks forward to working with Duffy and U.S. DOT leadership to advance national road safety initiatives and support state efforts to protect all road users.

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About GHSA
The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) is a nonprofit association representing the highway safety offices of states, territories, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. GHSA provides leadership and representation for the states and territories to improve traffic safety, influence national policy, enhance program management and promote best practices. Its members are appointed by their Governors to administer federal and state highway safety funds and implement state highway safety plans. Visit ghsa.org for more information or find us on LinkedIn, X and Facebook.