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On Monday, Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy unveiled $1 billion in federal funding to improve the passenger experience at airports.
As part of a campaign to “Make Travel Family Friendly Again,” airports will be able to submit projects for funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act signed by President Joe Biden in 2021.
The news conference came complete with a pull-up demonstration from Duffy and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of Health and Human Services. Travel is a sedentary endeavor, the officials said, and a little movement could make it healthier.
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Transcript
Here at Reagan National Airport where transportation secretary Sean Duffy is making an announcement of a new campaign called make travel family friendly again. And also, cabinet officials are doing a bunch of pull ups. Duffy and health and human services secretary Robert f Kennedy junior came to unveil $1,000,000,000 in federal funding to improve the passenger experience at airports through grants. Airports will be able to submit projects for funding, and Duffy said it's pretty wide open what the grants could cover. He offered suggestions like expansions to play areas for children, nursing pods for mothers, and free workout areas to combat the sedentary nature of travel. Do you worry about people getting smelly in airports? That's a big question for smelly because we talked about that. I don't I don't want you to have a full body sweat going on to your sting. But if you do, you know, do a few pull ups, you know, get your, your blood flowing, I think that's positive. The press conference concluded with a round of pull ups from the administration officials. You can read more about the initiative on The Washington Post.
