Feb 05 WATCH: Pete Buttigieg speaks after meeting with transportation workers By Associated Press Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg meets with frontline transit and rail workers today at 10 a.m. EST. Watch his remarks here. Continue reading
Feb 03 Buttigieg says Transportation Department will push ‘bold’ thinking By Hope Yen, Associated Press Pete Buttigieg, newly sworn in as transportation secretary, is urging his 55,000 employees to embrace “imaginative, bold, forward thinking.”… Continue reading
Feb 02 WATCH: Senate confirms Pete Buttigieg as transportation secretary By Hope Yen, Associated Press The Senate is poised to approve Pete Buttigieg to be transportation secretary. Continue reading
Jan 27 Biden pick for transportation secretary, Buttigieg, advances in Senate By Hope Yen, Associated Press A Senate panel has advanced President Joe Biden’s nomination of Pete Buttigieg to be transportation secretary, setting up a final confirmation vote for a key role in Biden’s administration. Continue reading
Jan 21 WATCH: Pete Buttigieg testifies in Senate confirmation hearing for Transportation secretary By Hope Yen, Associated Press President Joe Biden's nominee for secretary of transportation, Pete Buttigieg, will pledge to carry out the administration's ambitious agenda to rebuild the nation's infrastructure during a Senate hearing on Thursday. Continue reading
Dec 16 WATCH: Biden introduces Buttigieg as transportation secretary pick By Associated Press Pete Buttigieg, a former city leader of South Bend, Indiana, would also be the first openly gay person confirmed by the Senate to a Cabinet post. Continue reading
Dec 15 Watch 5:13 News Wrap: Six weeks after the election, McConnell recognizes Biden’s victory In our news wrap Tuesday, Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell publicly recognizes Joe Biden as president-elect for the first time, Biden selects Pete Butttigieg for transportation secretary, Congress shows signs of progress on economic relief, Boko Haram claims responsibility for… Continue watching
Dec 15 Biden picks Buttigieg for transportation, Granholm for energy, sources say By Michael Balsamo, Jonathan Lemire, Thomas Beaumont, Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press Biden also picked former environmental regulator Gina McCarthy for the powerful new position of domestic climate chief. Continue reading
Aug 20 WATCH: At DNC, Pete Buttigieg details experience as gay veteran By Associated Press Pete Buttigieg says his experience as an openly gay man and military veteran shows how far the U.S. has come in just a few years and how much farther it has to go. Continue reading
Aug 17 Watch 7:10 Buttigieg: Trump ‘doesn’t care about any of us,’ but Biden does As the Democratic National Convention proceeds, the NewsHour will be talking to some prominent members of the party. We start with Pete Buttigieg, former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, who was competing against former Vice President Joe Biden for the… Continue watching