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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 Bidens wide-ranging agenda of rebuilding the nations 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 ... received bipartisan praise at his confirmation hearing last week. Mr. Buttigieg is an impressive public servant who has already earned the respect and confidence of both sides, said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. I look forward to confirming his nomination.
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 Americas transportation networks as airlines, buses, city subway systems and Amtrak reel from plummeting ridership in the coronavirus pandemic.
Some Republican senators signaled fights ahead over the cost and scope of updating the nations roads and bridges, rails and airports, a goal long promised by Donald Trump but never fulfilled in his four years as president.
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Rorey
(8,445 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,583 posts)He's very motivated and whip smart. He knows how to talk to people, and this is essential.
He will be great!
msfiddlestix
(7,278 posts)Kind of losing count on how many confirmations for this position he's had to go through. I know it was more than ONE Committee confirmation. I've been watching this stuff for years, don't know how I missed multiple confirmation processes before it's done..
but there it is.