President-elect Donald Trump on Monday said he would nominate former Wisconsin Congressman Sean Duffy as the head of his Department of Transportation. Trump in a statement announcing the nomination called Duffy a "tremendous and well-liked public servant" and said Duffy "knows how important it is for families to be able to travel safely,

President-elect Donald J. Trump nominated the former representative from Wisconsin to oversee a sprawling agency that includes aviation, rail and transit.

Former Wisconsin congressman and MTV reality star Sean P. Duffy has been named by President-elect Donald Trump as his nominee for transportation secretary. “Sean will use his experience and the relationships he has built over many years in Congress to maintain and rebuild” the country’s infrastructure, Trump said in a statement.