Rick Crawford Asks Sec. Pete Buttigieg Point Blank: ‘Why Are You Squandering Time And Resources?’

On Thursday, Rep. Rick Crawford (R-AR) questioned Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on highway repair during a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing.
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[@brettsullivan3849]

Why are you wasting taxpayer time and money trying to corner Pete?

[@gulfislander11]

I really appreciate Buttigieg's good natured and courteous responses to his critics and opposition members. I only wish that more politicians followed his example. Not only is he brilliant, he is a very decent guy and he behaves in a more Christian manner than most of the "Christian nationalists" who oppose him.

[@Firebirds333]

Pete for President!

[@ronfriedman8740]

Whenever I listen to a Republican member of Congress try to embarrass Secretary Pete Buttigieg by challenging a DOT policy decision I automatically seek out how much campaign money that member received from industry groups...Crawford received over $100,000 from transportation & nearly $150,000 from the agribusiness sectors. Remember, when politicians refer to "their constituents", they're not talking about people they represent, it's the special interest groups that fund their political campaigns.

[@janeymitchell4675]

Every time I hear Pete talk, I respect him more.

[@stinkfootnewhart6044]

How about drug testing for congress

[@jimmydanmarkey]

Buttegeig is hard to Rebutt because he is Smart, Truthful and hard to be caught in a Gotcha Moment...

[@Ptrope]

Looking for your "gotcha" here, Forbes - looks like Secretary Buttigieg had good and proper answers, while the representative seemed mostly concerned with promoting himself on the record. Try again.

[@CritVanTuyl]

Always follow the money. These "representatives" are not representing anyone but their huge donors.

[@johnlookabill4271]

Pete is the best.

[@peteycat1105]

He is one cool cat - nothing shakes him. Can't wait for 2028!

[@Ma_Deuce_338]

These guy's must enjoy being owned by Sec. Buttigieg.

[@dougsimmon7460]

What pisses me off the most is that every one of these people knows right from wrong , but the greed oozes out of their mouths . They want to make slaves out of everyone who's not rich !!!

[@cord6733]

Just because weed is reclassified doesn’t mean I’m gonna smoke weed and drive and fk you for thinking that most drivers would

[@GabrielReyes8124]

Our congressional reps are an embarrassment.

[@eduardomachado6647]

Again, what a waste of time.

[@michaelelder3131]

Looks like Forbes is obsessed with Pete. Trying this hard with multiple misleading headlines only reassures us that he has great potential otherwise he'd be ignored.

[@seanjohnnn]

Classic case of an angry, bitter man seeking to condemn rather than understand

[@BigPappaJones-fp3xt]

Pistol Pete destroys all maggatz that attempt to best him! 🤣🤣👍🏿👍🏻🇺🇲🇺🇲

[@edmundgonzalez8731]

To be fair 'Why are you squandering time and resources?' is a question that can be asked of almost all government employees and agencies. Just saying...