.SecretaryPete's tumultuous two-year tenure has been riddled with scrutiny, the latest being his handling of the Ohio train derailment. This apparent last straw has pushed SenMarcoRubio and others to call for his resignation.
The former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, now faces calls from several people, including Sen. Marco Rubio , to step down amid"serious and persistent problems" at the Department of Transportation. Here is a look at three times Buttigieg has come under fire for his handling of transportation issues.The derailment on the evening of Feb.
In the secretary's first tweets about the disaster, on Feb. 13, he said he continued"to be concerned about the impacts" the derailment was having on the rural Ohio town and that the NTSB was investigating the incident. The preliminary report is expected within the next two weeks.An outage to the Federal Aviation Administration's Notice to Air Missions system on Jan. 11, 2023, caused flight problems nationwide.
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