'It's nonsense': Buttigieg balks at criticism he kept a 'low profile' during Southwest debacle

by ALEC SCHEMMEL | The National Desk

Fri, January 6th 2023, 8:36 PM UTC

FILE - Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, center, speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, May 16, 2022, as Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, left, and Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan, right, listen. The Biden administration is saying the U.S. economy would face a severe economic shock if senators don't pass legislation this week to avert a rail worker strike. Walsh and Buttigieg are meeting with Democratic senators Thursday, Dec. 1, to underscore that rail companies will begin shuttering operations well before a potential strike begins on Dec. 9. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

President Joe Biden signs H.J.Res.100, a bill that aims to avert a freight rail strike, in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022, in Washington. Biden is joined by from left, Celeste Drake, Made in America Director at the Office of Management and Budget, National Economic Council director Brian Deese, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg{ }and Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

FILE - White House infrastructure coordinator Mitch Landrieu, center, speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, on May 16, 2022, on the six-month anniversary of the bipartisan infrastructure law. He is joined by, from left, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan, National Economic Council director Brian Deese, and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. The White House will host a summit Thursday, Oct. 13 to help speed up construction projects tied to the roughly $1 trillion infrastructure law — an effort to improve coordination with the mayors and governors who directly account for 90% of the spending. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

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FILE - Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, center, speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, May 16, 2022, as Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, left, and Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan, right, listen. The Biden administration is saying the U.S. economy would face a severe economic shock if senators don't pass legislation this week to avert a rail worker strike. Walsh and Buttigieg are meeting with Democratic senators Thursday, Dec. 1, to underscore that rail companies will begin shuttering operations well before a potential strike begins on Dec. 9. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

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