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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 188 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 188

         Condemning Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 28, 2023

   Mr. Waltz (for himself, Ms. Tenney, Mrs. Boebert, Mr. Zinke, Mr. 
 Steube, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Posey, 
Mr. Collins, and Mr. Santos) submitted the following resolution; which 
   was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                               RESOLUTION

 
         Condemning Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg.

Whereas the Department of Transportation was established by an Act of Congress 
        on October 15, 1966;
Whereas Pete Buttigieg serves as the 19th Secretary of Transportation under 
        President Biden, having been sworn in on February 3, 2021;
Whereas the mission of the Department of Transportation to deliver the world's 
        leading transportation system, serving the American people and economy 
        through safe, efficient, sustainable, and equitable movements of people 
        and goods;
Whereas, during Secretary Pete Buttigieg tenure, the Department of 
        Transportation failed to mitigate or effectively respond to multiple 
        national crises;
Whereas Secretary Pete Buttigieg's ineptitude has jeopardized the safety and 
        prosperity of the American people;
Whereas, in 2021 and 2022, Secretary Buttigieg was absent during a historical 
        supply chain crisis when United States ports faced a record backlog of 
        ships stranded off of United States coasts;
Whereas, in December 2022, under Secretary Buttigieg's watch, more than 15,000 
        flights were canceled, the worst and most costly single airline 
        operational disruption in the history of United States aviation;
Whereas Secretary Buttigieg, in 2022, neglected his duties and left the country 
        to vacation in Portuguese wine country amidst ongoing negotiations of an 
        impending railroad labor strike, leaving Congress to act in order to 
        prevent the impending rail workers strike;
Whereas, on January 11, 2023, due to a preventable malfunction in the Notice to 
        Air Mission's System, the Federal Aviation Administration was forced to 
        impose the largest nationwide ground stop since the attacks of September 
        11, 2001;
Whereas Secretary Buttigieg failed to immediately respond to the major economic, 
        environmental, humanitarian disaster that occurred on February 3, 2023, 
        when a train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, spilling toxic chemicals, 
        forcing residents to evacuate, and the surrounding areas devastated; and
Whereas Secretary Buttigieg has repeatedly demonstrated a gross level of 
        incompetence and apathy in his role as Secretary of Transportation: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That--
            (1) Secretary Pete Buttigieg has failed to keep the 
        American people safe in his duties as Secretary of 
        Transportation;
            (2) Secretary Pete Buttigieg has failed to ensure goods 
        flow efficiently through the United States economy;
            (3) Secretary Pete Buttigieg has lost the confidence of the 
        American people; and
            (4) Secretary Pete Buttigieg should resign.
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