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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Katie Hawkinson

Trump's transportation head says money for construction projects will flow to communities with high birth rates

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has said his agency will prioritize projects in communities with higher-than-average birth and marriage rates - (REUTERS)

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has instructed his agency to focus their work and programming on communities with higher birth and marriage rates.

Duffy, who was confirmed by the Senate last week in a 77-22 vote, is a former Wisconsin congressperson, reality TV star and father to nine. Now, he has issued a memo ordering that all “DOT-supported or -assisted programs and activities…give preference to communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average.”

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