Marsha Blackburn
Tennessee’s Marsha Blackburn joined 12 other GOP Senators to vote against Buttigieg’s appointment to Transportation Secretary. Blackburn was one of three senators to oppose voting Buttigieg out of the Senate Commerce Committee last week.
Blackburn said on the Senate floor Tuesday that Buttigieg had indicated during committee hearings that he would “put the administration’s environmental goals ahead of some very basic changes to federal policy that would lighten regulatory load on county and city mayors trying to get transportation projects off the ground.”
The needs of our counties and cities should be prioritized over the environmental wishes of the Biden administration. I am concerned about the responses from Transportation Sec. Nominee Mayor @PeteButtigieg pic.twitter.com/Ls3DtnurWM
— Sen. Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) January 26, 2021
