Biden has said his plan could include updating commercial buildings to be more energy efficient and providing every American city with 100,000 or more residents with zero-emissions public transportation options.īuttigieg, who ran against Biden in the Democratic presidential primaries, said the administration also would try to enforce the new federal mandate on mask-wearing for all forms of transportation.ĭemocrats took control of the Senate this week. President Joe Biden has promised to spend billions of dollars in revamping infrastructure and transportation in the United States, a process that he said would create millions of jobs while addressing the growing threat of climate change. “For all the other nominees that are out there, you need to look at what happened in the past two hours.”
“You have put on a clinic for how a nominee should work and act,” said Sen. A vote from the committee on the confirmation hasn’t been scheduled. Republicans and Democrats alike mostly were pleased with Buttigieg’s experience and aptitude for the job, foreshadowing a likely smooth confirmation process. “We need to build our economy back, better than ever, and the Department of Transportation can play a central role in this, by implementing President Biden’s infrastructure vision,” said Buttigieg in his opening statement to the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. WASHINGTON – Former presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg received bipartisan high marks in a Senate confirmation on Thursday hearing while explaining how he will push the Biden administration’s ambitious infrastructure platform if he is confirmed as secretary of transportation.
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