The transportation secretary defended the proposal, describing it as the „biggest investment in American job creation“ introduced since World War II, during an appearance on ABC News‘ ‚This Week.‘
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Sunday defended the breadth of President Joe Biden ’s American Jobs Plan, a $2.2 trillion bill that aims to improve U.S. infrastructure and revitalize the economy as it works to recover from COVID-19. The proposal, which Biden unveiled last week, was met with criticism from Republican and some Democratic lawmakers over its size. While conservatives, such as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, argued against the plan because of its spending goals, progressives, such as New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, suggested that additional funds are necessary to truly realize the bill’s intended impacts. Speaking to ABC News host George Stephanopoulos during an appearance on the network’s This Week program, Buttigieg acknowledged the emerging partisan divide. A Democrat and former presidential candidate, Buttigieg served as mayor of South Bend, Indiana, for eight years before assuming his leadership role at the Department of Transportation under Biden’s administration. „There are obviously a lot of people on the other side of the aisle saying, ‚This is too big, too bold.
