Republicans demand Pete Buttigieg testify in Congress over supply chain crisis and accuse the Biden administration of waiting months to try and fix the problem as it’s revealed Transport Secretary has been on paternity leave since August
- Republicans want Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to testify to Congress about the severe bottleneck is America’s supply chain
- Buttigieg is tasked with coordinating with private companies to alleviate the traffic jams at U.S. ports amid warnings of goods shortages near the holidays
- The Port of Los Angeles, which accounts for half of all shipping containers entering the U.S., is backed up as trucks aren’t arriving to take the containers
- Biden announced Wednesday a new deal Buttigieg helped broker with private companies that would keep the port operating 24/7
- Meanwhile, the U.S. is facing massive price increases as inflations skyrockets
- White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain said inflation and supply chain delays are merely ‘high class problems’
- On Thursday, Politico revealed Buttigieg had been on paternity leave since August
- White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki also confusingly said inflation has fallen by 50% in recent months
- The Labor Department numbers show that compared to September 2020, consumer prices have risen 5.4% – a 13-year high