DOT’s Duffy Will Brief Congress Next Week on El Paso Shutdown

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said he will brief lawmakers on Capitol Hill next week about the temporary closure of airspace around El Paso, Texas, earlier this month.

Duffy told reporters Friday that he stood behind the Federal Aviation Administration’s decision, despite the controversy that followed the action.

“Was it a mistake to close the airspace?” a reporter asked during a press conference on an unrelated topic in Washington, to which Duffy replied: “No.”

Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy

Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg

The FAA imposed flight restrictions, which drew backlash from local officials and were initially intended to last 10 days, on Feb. 10 but lifted ...