[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 54 (Friday, March 24, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H1415]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              DEMANDING THE RESIGNATION OF PETE BUTTIGIEG

  (Mr. COLLINS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COLLINS. 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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