WATCH: Duffy warns of vacation journey disruptions if shutdown doesn’t finish quickly

Vice President JD Vance held a closed-door assembly on the White House on Thursday with aviation officers in regards to the influence of the federal authorities shutdown.

Watch Vance and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s information briefing within the video participant above.

Vance spoke to reporters after the assembly outdoors the White House West Wing, along with his message geared toward Democratic lawmakers.

“All we need is five reasonable Democrats to join three moderate Democrats and 52 Republicans to reopen the government,” Vance stated.

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“I just want to say to any Democrat in the United States Senate, we are happy to talk about any policy issue. We’re happy to talk about health care policy. We’re happy to talk about tax policy. We’re happy to talk about regulatory policy, but not at the point of a gun,” he added. “You do not get to take the American people’s government hostage and then demand that we give you everything you want in order to pay our air traffic controllers.”

Duffy warns of Thanksgiving journey woes

“Our traffic will be snarled. It will be a disaster in aviation,” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy instructed reporters on the briefing Thursday.

Duffy has warned in latest days that flight delays might develop as air site visitors controllers who’re lacking paychecks due to the shutdown name out sick. Duffy and Vance had been joined on the roundtable by former New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, a Republican, and leaders from the aviation business.

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United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby, who joined Vance and Duffy on the stakeout, urged “it is time to pass a clean CR.”

“It’s been 30 days and I don’t have a position on which partisan side, and how things should be settled with health care,” Kirby stated.