Marjorie Taylor Greene: “My amendment uses the Holman rule to reduce the salary of Secretary Pete Buttigieg to $1. Pete Buttigieg has failed to…”

“My amendment uses the Holman rule to reduce the salary of Secretary Pete Buttigieg to $1. Pete Buttigieg has failed to serve the American people as the Secretary of Transportation. He has been busy calling roads racist, enforcing equity action plans, and implementing climate change initiatives rather than strengthening our Nation's transportation and infrastructure systems and responding to emergencies like the train derailment in East Palestine. {time} 1745 He stated there is racism physically built into some of our highways. ``Every transportation decision is inherently, in many ways, a decision about equity.'' I would argue, people driving on dirt roads every single day in rural America may feel that way, but our Secretary of Transportation, Pete Buttigieg, doesn't care about Americans in rural America. He is more interested in declaring that roads are built on skin color and racism. He also stated, ``Ensuring equity and accessibility for every member of the traveling public is one of the Department of Transportation's highest priorities.'' Again, I will point to rural America. In the same month he was sworn in, his Department introduced racial equities and barriers to opportunities as a consideration for awarding discretionary grants, as if that is how funds should be awarded. In June 2022, he launched a $1 billion pilot program aimed at helping reconnect cities and neighborhoods racially segregated or divided by road projects.…”