Posted on 02/02/2021 4:38:23 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON - The Senate is poised to approve Pete Buttigieg to be transportation secretary, the first openly gay person ever confirmed to a Cabinet post, tasked with advancing President Joe Biden’s wide-ranging agenda of rebuilding the nation’s infrastructure and fighting climate change.
Buttigieg’s nomination was set for a final vote Tuesday in the full Senate, after the 39-year-old former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and Biden’s one-time rival in the Democratic presidential primaries received bipartisan praise at his confirmation hearing last week.
Praised by Biden as bringing a “new voice” to the administration, Buttigieg would take over a Transportation Department with 55,000 employees and a budget of tens of billions of dollars. He has pledged to quickly get to work promoting safety and restoring consumer trust in America’s transportation networks as airlines, buses, city subway systems and Amtrak reel from plummeting ridership in the coronavirus pandemic.
He is also expected to play an important role in promoting Biden’s climate initiatives, helping to oversee stronger automotive fuel economy standards to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and support the president’s push later this year on a sweeping $2 trillion climate and infrastructure plan. That plan will focus in part on rebuilding roads and bridges and expanding zero-emission mass transit while boosting electric vehicle infrastructure, including building 500,000 charging stations over the next decade.
During his hearing, some Republican senators signaled fights ahead over the cost and scope of updating the nation’s roads and bridges, rails and airports, a goal long promised by Donald Trump but never fulfilled in his four years as president. The senators questioned in particular the Biden administration’s effort to redirect money for green initiatives, but said they looked forward to further discussions with Buttigieg. He easily cleared the Senate Commerce Committee on a 21-3 vote.
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Hello gas tax.
“...secretary, the first openly gay person ever confirmed to a Cabinet post...”
because this is so much more important than experience or competence
I’m surprised he wasn’t put in charge of NASA. You know he wants to explore Uranus.
I give him maybe 18 months before he screws up enough....to resign and leave. Qualifications wise....he has a 7-line resume.
Tough derision...er decision between him and the PA tranns.
“You know he wants to explore Uranus.”
That’s the job of swab head Fauzi. CHY na
Trickle down immortality.
The failed mayor of a small Indiana city; the failed presidential candidate; the failed man who can not follow God’s law...soon to be the failed transportation secretary. Please, LORD, do not judge us by this man, nor by those who put him into this position of government power. Have mercy on us.
More like trickle down immorality. The immoral do not lead well.
He is queer....... that’s all
His position is pandering to the queer lobby
Biden......... all hat and no chickens
Good choice. Pete has plenty of experience getting rear ended.
Hello mileage tax.
Sad thing is, he won’t be worse than Turtle’s Chicom wife.
Oops. Meant immorality. Thanks
He easily cleared the Senate Commerce Committee on a 21-3 vote.
“I look forward to seeing Pete Buttigieg confirmed by the full Senate,” said Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker, the top Republican on the panel. “Transportation issues historically have been addressed on a bipartisan basis, and I expect to continue that practice with Mr. Buttigieg.”
How many people will offer to push his stool in at cabinet meetings?
Oh that’s right...he likes Lionel trains. Vote better be 51 to 50!
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