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On the recordMarch 24, 2023
Mr. Speaker, I rise, again, today to demand that Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg resign. As we have outlined over the past weeks, Secretary Buttigieg is simply not interested in doing his job as head of the DOT. A leader's job is to roll up their sleeves, do the hard work, and complete the mission for the people he is supposed to serve. Instead, Mr. Buttigieg is focused on advancing woke, identity politics inside that agency and in our culture. As a trucker, I know that safety is a top priority, and Secretary Buttigieg needs to be held accountable for neglecting that safety in favor of a leftwing social agenda. The industry this agency oversees doesn't work inside four walls. Our offices are in the airways, the waterways, the railways, and out on the roadways with you and your families. The Secretary doesn't even go outside to visit with folks. Instead, he stays inside or goes on vacation to think about skin color and gender instead of what matters. It is not the place of the Secretary to carry out his social agenda at the DOT. It is time for him to resign and to take that social agenda outside of government. ____________________
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

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