As the White House struggles to repair the nation’s broken supply chain ahead of the holiday shopping rush, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is facing his major test as a cabinet secretary.
WASHINGTON — As the White House struggles to repair the nation’s broken supply chains ahead of the holiday shopping rush, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is facing his first major test as a Cabinet secretary.
“The bottom line, we’ve seen the cost of inaction in the pandemic,” the president added as Buttigieg looked on. “It is fully within our capacity to act, to make sure it never happens again. It’s going to take a little time, that we’ve unlocked the full might and dynamism of our people.” Last week, with the fate of the president’s Build Back Better infrastructure plan in doubt, Biden appointed Buttigieg to co-chair a Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo to address the backlog at the ports. And on Wednesday, Buttigieg joined Vice President Kamala Harris and senior economic adviser Brian Deese in a virtual roundtable with relevant sector contributors.
that the White House was committed to repairing the nation’s overburdened supply chains. He also shifted some of the blame to Congress. Still, the concern over Buttigieg’s relative lack of experience in handling supply chain issues comes as Biden’s approval ratings have fallen to the lowest levels of his presidency and the holiday shopping season is set to begin.
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