The Secretary of Transportation Who Couldn’t

The administration that made Build Back Better the catchphrase of its economic agenda turns out not to be any good at building.

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Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg attends a press briefing the day after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, at the White House in Washington, D.C., March 27, 2024.

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Rarely has a cabinet secretary done so little with such vast resources.

On the CBS show Face the Nation, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg had to defend the Biden administration’s woeful record of building new electric-vehicle charging stations that are key to unlocking its hoped-for EV nirvana.

Rich Lowry

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Rich Lowry

Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.

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