‘Pete Buttigieg doesn\u2019t do his job,’ the bill’s author Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene said<\/p>\n
The House approved a measure late Tuesday that would slash\u00a0Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s<\/a>\u00a0taxpayer-funded government salary to just $1.<\/p>\n The bill \u2014 which was introduced by\u00a0Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga.<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 was passed via voice vote Tuesday as an amendment to the 2024 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, the standalone funding bill for the General Services Administration, Securities and Exchange Commission and other related agencies.<\/p>\n “I\u2019m proud to announce my amendment to FIRE Pete Buttigieg just PASSED the House. Pothole Pete staged fake bike rides to the White House and used private planes funded by taxpayers to receive awards for the way certain people have sex,” Greene said in a social media post Tuesday. “American taxpayers should not be on the hook for paying for his lavish trips or his salary.”<\/p>\n “Pete Buttigieg doesn\u2019t do his job. It\u2019s all about fake photo ops and taxpayer-funded private jet trip to accept LGBTQ awards for him,” Greene added. “I\u2019m happy my amendment passed, but he doesn\u2019t deserve a single penny.”<\/p>\n Since taking office in 2021, Buttigieg has faced\u00a0criticism for Republican lawmakers<\/a>\u00a0in response to several crises that have faced the Department of Transportation.<\/p>\n For example, in February, after a train carrying vinyl chloride, a dangerous colorless gas, derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, Buttigieg was criticized for his apparent inaction and for waiting several weeks before traveling to the site of the derailment.<\/p>\n In addition, there have been multiple instances of mass commercial airline cancellations during his tenure for various reasons, including a pilot shortage. Republicans and Democrats alike had called for Buttigieg to take decisive action to ensure air travelers are protected from such cancellations.<\/p>\n And while Buttigieg has spent much of his tenure addressing commercial delays, he has used government-managed private jets on at least 18 occasions since taking office.\u00a0Those flights\u00a0sparked an ongoing inspector general probe<\/a>\u00a0and, according to information obtained by Americans for Public Trust (APT), have cost taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars.<\/p>\n In one instance in September 2022, Buttigieg used a government jet for a roundtrip journey to Montreal. During the visit, he attended a ceremony hosted by a large Canadian gay rights organization and received an award for his “contributions to the advancement of LGBTQ rights.”<\/p>\n Buttigieg’s office has further\u00a0stonewalled additional information<\/a>\u00a0about his use of the executive fleet.<\/p>\n “Secretary Buttigieg continues to blow off the American people who simply want to know the true cost of his taxpayer-funded private jet trips,” APT Executive Director Caitlin Sutherland told Fox News Digital on Tuesday. “After multiple FOIA requests, a lawsuit, and an ongoing inspector general investigation, Buttigieg’s office still refuses to provide vital details about using a private government jet for a swing state tour, which appears more akin to campaigning than official DOT business.”<\/p>\n Read more at: foxnews.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ‘Pete Buttigieg doesn\u2019t do his job,’ the bill’s author Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene said The House approved a measure late Tuesday that would slash\u00a0Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s\u00a0taxpayer-funded government salary to just $1. The bill \u2014 which was introduced by\u00a0Rep. 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