Pete Buttigieg News Updates

Government, Business

USDOT Begins Undoing Trump-Era Restrictions on Rulemaking

The U.S. Department of Transportation has begun the process of undoing a set of Trump-era regulations that ground agency work with industry to a halt and threatened to slow adoption of major policy goals of the Biden administration.

March 24, 2021
Government, Business

Buttigieg to Speak Before House Transportation Panel March 25

Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is scheduled to appear before the U.S. House transportation panel March 25.

March 19, 2021
Government, Business, Technology

Buttigieg Says Biden Plan Will Usher In New Transportation Era

WASHINGTON — An infrastructure plan expected soon from President Joe Biden will offer a “once in a century” opportunity to remake transportation in the United States, where cars and highways are no longer king, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said March 18.

March 19, 2021
Government, Business, Technology, Fuel

Secretary Pete Buttigieg Suggests Usage Charge as Sustainable Funding Solution

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg acknowledged the lack of sustainable transportation financing sources, but suggested an increase to the federal fuel tax rate would not offer a long-term solution.

February 25, 2021
Government

Buttigieg: After COVID-19 Relief, an Infrastructure Policy

Transportation Secretary Pete Buittigieg echoed the White House’s strategy of pursuing comprehensive infrastructure legislation after the approval of a new round of COVID-19 aid.

February 19, 2021
Government, Business

Biden Team Cool to Preflight Virus Tests Floated by Buttigieg

President Joe Biden’s administration isn’t seriously considering an imminent coronavirus testing requirement for domestic U.S. flights, people familiar with the matter said.

February 12, 2021
Government

Pete Buttigieg to Quarantine After Security Agent Gets COVID-19

WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will quarantine for 14 days after a member of his security detail tested positive Feb. 8 for the coronavirus.

February 9, 2021
Government, Business, Breaking News

Senate Confirms Pete Buttigieg as Transportation Secretary

The U.S. Department of Transportation has a new leader in Pete Buttigieg, a 2020 presidential candidate and the former mayor of South Bend, Ind.

February 2, 2021
Government

Pete Buttigieg Nomination for Transportation Secretary Advances

Awaiting action before the U.S. Senate is the nomination of former Mayor Pete Buttigieg to become the country’s next secretary of transportation.

January 27, 2021
Government, Business

Safety, Infrastructure Top Buttigieg’s Agenda at Senate Hearing

President Joe Biden’s nominee to head the Department of Transportation pointed to the importance of safely moving people and goods and the new administration’s goal of modernizing the nation’s mobility networks as key areas of focus for him during his Jan. 21 Senate nomination hearing.

January 21, 2021