Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned Sunday that airport delays are “going to get worse” as the government shutdown drags into its fifth week , leaving air traffic controllers unpaid.

“I think the real consequence is, what kind of rolling delays do you have throughout the system, right?” Duffy said Sunday on CBS News’s “Face the Nation” with Margaret Brennan.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned Sunday that airport delays are “going to get worse” as the government shutdown drags into its fifth brutal week. CBS News

“We’ve seen problems at L.A., in Dallas, in D.C., Boston, Atlanta. And so I think it’s only going to get worse.”

The grim prediction came as ground delays piled up at major transportation hubs on Sunday, including a nearly four-hour backup and ground stop at

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