{"id":1145697,"date":"2021-12-23T09:34:58","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T14:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1145697"},"modified":"2021-12-23T09:35:01","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T14:35:01","slug":"pete-buttigieg-delivers-241m-to-besieged-u-s-ports-to-ease-supply-chain-woes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pete-buttigieg-delivers-241m-to-besieged-u-s-ports-to-ease-supply-chain-woes\/","title":{"rendered":"Pete Buttigieg Delivers $241M to Besieged U.S. Ports to Ease Supply Chain Woes"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpete-buttigieg-delivers-241m-to-besieged-u-s-ports-to-ease-supply-chain-woes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1145697&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has siphoned off $241 million in taxpayer funds to help besieged U.S ports, part of the Biden administration\u2019s quick fix to address America\u2019s clogged supply chain.<\/p>\n<p>The cash splash is intended to fund infrastructure improvements to speed the flow of goods and address the crisis that has fueled price increases in nearly every sector of the economy for American families and workers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The transportation money is being made available immediately to 25 projects in 19 states, AP <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/joe-biden-business-pete-buttigieg-797fc9ea60ee9d9a22181a2622867fd5\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Next year, the amount of money for port improvements will nearly double to $450 million in grants annually for five years under President Joe Biden\u2019s new infrastructure law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cU.S. maritime ports play a critical role in our supply chains,\u201d Buttigieg said with Thursday\u2019s announcement. \u201cThese investments in our nation\u2019s ports will help support American jobs, efficient and resilient operations and faster delivery of goods to the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Biden supply chain crisis now has nearly 160 ships waiting outside Long Beach and Los Angeles port complex to unload goods. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RJQrK0BXYZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/RJQrK0BXYZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1457572533302145028?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Biden on Wednesday touted the coming grants as one of a series of efforts that will alleviate supply bottlenecks over the short and long term.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-209 Component-p-0-2-200\">\u201cEarlier this fall we heard a lot of dire warnings about supply chain problems leading to a crisis around the holidays, so we acted,\u201d Biden said. \u201cWe brought together business and labor leaders to solve problems and the much predicted crisis didn\u2019t occur. Packages are moving. Gifts are being delivered. Shelves are not empty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-209 Component-p-0-2-200\">The grant money includes $52.3 million to help boost rail capacity at the port in Long Beach, Calif., with a new locomotive facility, 10,000-foot support track and extensions of five existing tracks to speed up freight movement while cutting down the number of truck trips required to do that.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19237530\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1236524156.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19237530\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1236524156-1024x593-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"573\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Cargo ships loaded with containers wait offshore to unload from the Port of Long Beach on November 12, 2021 in Long Beach, California. (FREDERIC J. BROWN\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-209 Component-p-0-2-200\">Just over one month ago around 160 ships stood offshore waiting outside Long Beach and Los Angeles port complex&nbsp;to unload goods, as Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2021\/11\/05\/backlog-report-nearly-160-ships-waiting-outside-la-ports-unload-goods\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-209 Component-p-0-2-200\">Other recipients include:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-209 Component-p-0-2-200\">\u2014 Portsmouth, Virginia, $20 million, to help build out a supply chain for the offshore wind industry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-209 Component-p-0-2-200\">\u2014 Brunswick, Georgia, $14.6 million, to build a fourth berth for cargo ships at Colonel\u2019s Island Terminal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-209 Component-p-0-2-200\">\u2014 Houston, $18.3 million, to help pay for a 39-acre greenspace at the Bayport Container Terminal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-209 Component-p-0-2-200\">\u2014 Tell City, Indiana, $1.6 million, to construct a 40-foot diameter pier on the Ohio River that can be used direct barge-to-truck unloading of cargo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-209 Component-p-0-2-200\">\u2014 Delcambre, Louisiana, $2 million, for dock restoration and climate resiliency.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-209 Component-p-0-2-200\">Backlogged ports and supply chain problems have been one of the defining features of this administration and turned public sentiment on the economy against Biden in polls.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-209 Component-p-0-2-200\"><em>AP contributed to this report<\/em><\/p>\n<h5><em><span>Follow Simon Kent on Twitter:<\/span> <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunSimonKent\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @SunSimonKent<\/a> <span>or e-mail to: skent@breitbart.com<\/span><br \/><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has siphoned off $241 million in taxpayer funds to help besieged U.S ports, part of the Biden administration\u2019s quick fix to address America\u2019s clogged supply chain. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":82,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1145697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1145697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/82"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1145697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1145697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1145697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1145697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1145697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}