As cargo ships congested at U.S. ports, creating an unprecedented supply-chain crisis, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was on paid leave to spend time with his husband, Chasten, and their two newborn babies.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) on Thursday criticized U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg for being missing in action as thousands of flights get canceled and United States ports face record-breaking delays.
President Joe Biden and his Departments of Commerce, Labor, and Transportation have failed to solve a supply chain crisis causing the backup of supplies at U.S. ports and cross country transportation as the left-wing media lays the blame solely on the coronavirus.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg took time to celebrate “Indigenous Peoples’ Day,” traditionally known as Columbus Day, while the country remains at a standstill with supply chain issues, as ports are backed up, shipping companies struggle to find truck drivers, and certain airlines cancel hundreds of flights, partially due to staffing shortages.
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg remained silent the Monday after Southwest Airlines unexpectedly canceled over 1,800 flights, choosing instead to focus his message on Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
In a glowing Washington Post profile Chasten Buttigieg said he and Pete had to rent a small apartment because of high housing costs in D.C.
Pete Buttigieg insisted the administration’s stance is that pipeline is the “best way to go,” just not the Keystone XL Pipeline, which the president revoked, killing thousands of jobs.
Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg admitted during a Washington Post live event Friday that pipelines are the most efficient way to move petroleum products, despite the Biden administration previously revoking pipeline permits, including Keystone XL.
The Transportation Security Administration announced its decision to extend the mask mandate, initially set to expire on May 11, to September 13, 2021.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has been President Joe Biden’s pointman on “equity,” but a new analysis found his department is one of the least diverse in the entire federal government.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg argued the Joe Biden administration’s “infrastructure” spending plan will be “fully paid for” by a tax “adjustment.”
President Joe Biden’s Department of Transportation has paused a highway widening project in Houston, Texas, citing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as legal justification.
Top Democrat senators asked President Joe Biden Tuesday to include direct payment stimulus checks in the forthcoming transportation legislation in which the president will announce Wednesday.
The Biden administration announced on Monday that it is putting forth a government-wide push to increase offshore wind farms.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg floated a “vehicle miles” tax Friday to pay for a likely $3 trillion infrastructure spending extravaganza.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will “boost his own brand” with a proposed $3 trillion infrastructure spending extravaganza.
Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) admitted Monday on a hot mic that to pass transportation legislation, the next Democrat wish list after the coronavirus package, the Senate will “most likely have to use reconciliation.”
The family of Elaine Chao, former transportation secretary and wife of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), has extensive financial ties to China’s government, Peter Schweizer, author of Secret Empires: How the American Political Class Hides Corruption and Enriches Family and Friends, noted on Friday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with host Alex Marlow.
The buyer of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s South Bend, Indiana home plans to host an “online cabaret show” there.
Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is waging a war on “systemic racism” from his new federal post.
The Senate overwhelmingly confirmed former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg as President Joe Biden’s Transportation Secretary on Tuesday.
“I also recognize that at their worst, misguided policies and missed opportunities in transportation can reinforce racial and economic inequality by dividing or isolating neighborhoods and undermining government’s basic role of empowering Americans to thrive,” Buttigieg said.
President-elect Joe Biden suffered an awkward verbal mishap on Wednesday when he introduced Pete Buttigieg’s husband as “Kristen.”
Leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement have come out against President-elect Joe Biden’s decision to nominate former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg for Secretary of Transportation, recalling his struggles with minority voters.
The Donald Trump administration on Tuesday announced its rule to replace the “unachievable” Obama gas mileage and emissions standards.
Southwest Airlines flew more than 17 million passengers on planes with unconfirmed maintenance records over a roughly two year period, according to draft government report reviewed by the Wall Street Journal.
Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes took the stage on Tuesday at the Department of Transportation where he recalled meeting with President Donald Trump not long after the 2016 election about the scourge of human trafficking.
The Department of Transportation (DOT) is seeking public comment on a proposal issued Wednesday defining what can and cannot be labeled a service animal on an aircraft.
The House Oversight and Reform Committee launched an investigation into whether Transporation Secretary Elaine Chao used her office to benefit herself and her family.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Transportation (DOT) sent a letter to the California Air Resources Board, noting that their agreement with four automakers to have them adhere to stricter national emissions standards may violate the law.
Conservative leaders cheered Friday the Donald Trump administration’s rollback of the Obama-era gas mileage standard. Studies reveal that the new Trump rule could reduce the price of an automobile by $2,500.
The Department of Transportation announced last week that the Federal Aviation Administration is investigating religious discrimination claims after Chick-fil-A, known for its Christian values, was banned by airports in Buffalo and San Antonio.
The Trump administration followed through Thursday on its threat earlier this year to cancel a $929 billion grant that was meant to have funded high-speed rail rail in California.
The letter does not mention that the high-speed rail project was canceled last month because it would “cost too much … and take too long.”
The U.S. Department of Transportation is reportedly considering allowing cars with no steering wheels or brake pedals to operate on public roads. General Motors has asked the agency for an exemption from the requirement of having a human operator in its test vehicles as well.
Trump is bringing the rules of the private sector to California’s high-speed rail failure, and the state’s Democratic government may have no option but to pay up.
The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it was canceling a federal grant to California worth nearly $1 billion after Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the cancelation of the state’s high-speed rail project last week.
President Donald Trump donated his third-quarter salary of 2018 to a federal agency that researches alcoholism.
President Trump’s administration proposed a new rule on Thursday to rescind onerous Obama-era gas mileage requirements.
Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao spoke at the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s “Road to Majority” event on Friday, telling the audience how those traditional values of faith and freedom inspired her family to move “across the world to America” when she was just eight years old.
