IV 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 188 

Condemning Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg. 

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 

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; 


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•HRES 188 IH 

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 

1 Resolved, That— 


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•HRES 188 IH 

1 (1) Secretary Pete Buttigieg has failed to keep 

2 the American people safe in his duties as Secretary 

3 of Transportation; 

4 (2) Secretary Pete Buttigieg has failed to en5 sure goods flow efficiently through the United States 

6 economy; 

7 (3) Secretary Pete Buttigieg has lost the con8 fidence of the American people; and 

9 (4) Secretary Pete Buttigieg should resign. 

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