| Photo posted on Facebook by US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg (right). © News1 |
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg predicted that the supply chain problems facing the U.S. will last through 2022. method was emphasized.
“Certainly, many of the challenges we experienced this year will continue into next year,” Buttigieg told CNN.
“There are short-term and long-term actions that we can take to do something,” Buttigieg said. said.
He also emphasized the need to pass the $1.2 trillion (1420.2 trillion won) infrastructure bill that the Biden administration is pushing for.
“This is another example of where we need to pass infrastructure legislation,” he said. “There’s $17 billion in the President’s port infrastructure plan alone, and we know that demand fluctuations, shocks and disruptions caused by the pandemic are We need to address the long-term issues that make us vulnerable when these kinds of bottlenecks exist.”
Buttigieg’s comments were that President Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure bill had already passed the Senate in August, but it was due to divisions within the Democrats and Republican opposition over the $3.5 trillion social welfare budget. pending in the House of Representatives.
The infrastructure bill includes funding for roads and bridges and public transport, as well as funding to reduce congestion and emissions around ports and airports.
“All ideas are being taken seriously,” Buttigieg said when asked about the possibility of lifting tariffs on China under the Trump administration to address some of the supply chain problems affecting American companies. However, no further detailed explanation was given.
Meanwhile, Minister Buttigieg, who adopted twins in August as a sexual minority, vehemently refutes criticism from some around her paid parental leave.
Fox News host Tucker Carlson previously mocked Buttigieg’s paid maternity leave last week, saying he was “trying to figure out how to breastfeed.”
“I’m proud of that,” Buttigieg said of taking parental leave. “As you can imagine, we’ve been feeding[the children]day and night. I’m not telling Tucker Carlson or anyone else for caring for my premature twins. I will not apologize,” he said.
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