Buttigieg on paternity leave since mid-August amid supply chain crunch, infrastructure debate
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has made more
public appearances recently
By Brooke Singman | Fox News
10/15/21
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/buttigieg-paternity-leave-supply-chain-infrastructure
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has
been on paternity leave since mid-August – with his time off coming amid the
Biden administration's efforts to quell the supply chain crunch and the ongoing
infrastructure debate on Capitol Hill to move forward with President Biden's
agenda.
Buttigieg's office told Politico Playbook this week that
he has been off since mid-August to spend time with his husband, Chasten, as
they welcomed two newborn babies.
"For the first four weeks, he was mostly offline
except for major agency decisions and matters that could not be
delegated," a spokesperson for the Department
of Transportation told Politico
Playbook this week. "He has been ramping up activities since then."
The spokesperson said that as he slowly gets back to the
grind, Buttigieg will "continue to take some time over the coming weeks to
support his husband and take care of his new children."
Buttigieg's time off comes as the Biden administration grapples
with supply chain bottlenecks and amid efforts to ease shipping backlogs.
Supply chain issues are a source of mounting concern as
global economies attempt to meet surging demand and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Shortages of basic
household items, such as toilet paper, raw materials needed for construction
and critical tech components, like semiconductors, have contributed to a surge
in prices for consumers.
The White House, this week, announced that the Port of
Los Angeles will work as a 24/7 operation to help ease the bottleneck at the
Port of Long Beach. Officials said Long Beach has been working 24/7 the past
three weeks.
Administration officials said large companies have also
committed to using expanded hours to move more cargo from docks so ships can
come to shore faster and reduce congestion during the day.
The companies who made the commitments to expanded-hour
models include Walmart, which will increase its nighttime hours. Senior
administration officials said that increase could be up to 50% over the next
several weeks. Others planning expanded nighttime hours are UPS, which is
committing to an increased use of 24/7 operations and enhanced data sharing
with ports that could allow it to move up to 20% more containers from ports,
and FedEx, which may double the volume of cargo it can move from ports at night.
In addition to Walmart, UPS
and FedEx, officials said Samsung is committing to move nearly 60% more
containers out of the ports by operating 24/7 through the next 90 days. Home
Depot is committing to move up to 10% additional containers per week.
Target, which is moving about 50% of its containers at night, has committed to
increasing that amount by 10% during the next 90 days to help ease congestion
at the ports.
Officials said that across the six companies, more than
3,500 additional containers per week will move at night through the end of the
year.
The White House this week said that Buttigieg and Port
Envoy John Porcari will work with stakeholders and help more businesses access
the expanded hours.
As for the infrastructure debate, Democrats are targeting the end of October to pass an infrastructure package and reconciliation. That timeline could slip into November or beyond amid the ongoing clashes between moderate and progressive Democrats on the size of the package and on reconciliation.
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