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To help Malinowski and Kim, two Biden cabinet members will be in N.J. on Monday

August 7, 2021 12:02 pm

Two Biden cabinet members will be in New Jersey on Monday to boost two Democratic congressmen – both allies of the White House – as they prepare to seek re-election to third terms next year. U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete...

Buttigieg visit stokes Gateway optimism

June 28, 2021 1:42 pm

The outlook for the once-stalled Gateway Tunnel Project has brightened considerably under President Joe Biden, and Democratic lawmakers are pushing to get shovels in the ground a year earlier than expected, Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) told the New Jersey Globe....

Buttigieg making visit to trans-Hudson train tunnels Monday

June 28, 2021 10:30 amJune 28, 2021 10:05 am

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and top deputies are making a visit to New York and North Jersey for a spate of Gateway-focused events Monday. They’ll be joined by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Mikie Sherrill...

Statements on the Pete Buttigieg nomination

December 15, 2020 11:42 pmDecember 16, 2020 8:30 am

“With Pete Buttigieg, New Jersey will have an ally for safe and modern infrastructure in Washington leading the U.S. Department of Transportation,” said Governor Phil Murphy. “As a former mayor, he knows importance of investing in safer, more efficient interstate roads and...

Gottheimer thinks Buttigieg transportation pick boosts Gateway’s chances

December 15, 2020 4:49 pm

Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff) sees the Gateway Project’s chances rising with Pete Buttigieg at the head of the Department of Transportation. “Through his past experience as a city mayor and his work to transform South Bend, Indiana, he knows how...

Murphy laud’s Biden’s transportation pick

December 15, 2020 2:55 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy lauded President-elect Joe Biden’s designating former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg as his pick for secretary of transportation Tuesday. “As a former mayor, he knows importance of investing in safer, more efficient interstate roads and bridges,...

Kim celebrates Biden’s pick for transportation secretary

December 15, 2020 2:26 pm

Rep. Andy Kim (D-Bordentown) is backing former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg to be President-elect Joe Biden’s secretary of transportation. “Pete will bring an intelligence and ingenuity to a job that touches every American and will work every day...