Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has been one of the most public figures of the Biden administration.

We need to build our economy back better than ever. And the Department of Transportation can play a central role in this.

That's Buttigieg in 2021, speaking at a Senate confirmation hearing. Once he assumed the role, the nation would often see or hear Buttigieg on

various news programs coming to the defense of the administration's policies, goals, and efforts

to address voter issues. Like in 2022, Buttigieg defended Biden's efforts to ease inflation at a time

when the economy was still recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. If we hadn't rescued the economy through the American Rescue Plan, we would not have had the 10 million jobs that were created under this president.

We wouldn't be seeing some of the lowest unemployment numbers in the history of the Republic.

Buttigieg dealt with his share of crises in the job.

Supply chain backlogs, widespread airline delays in cancellations, collapsing bridges,

freight train derailments.

Through it all, he kept doing media and kept making public appearances, which was notable

in a carefully scripted administration.

There's two kinds of people who show up in the aftermath of a disaster.

People who are there because they have a specific role to play, and they're there to play

their role and do the work and help the community.

And people who are there because they want to be seen being there and they want to look good.

When I'm there, it's going to be about action.

Buttigieg was also a point person for some of the White House's biggest policy pushes,

like the infrastructure spending that will ultimately build half a million

electric vehicle charging stations along U.S. highways.

The most important thing is that the EV revolution will happen with or without us, and we've

got to make sure that it's American-led.

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