{"id":1333166,"date":"2022-02-23T15:08:13","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T20:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1333166"},"modified":"2022-02-23T15:08:20","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T20:08:20","slug":"transportation-sec-pete-buttigieg-to-dole-out-450m-in-taxpayer-funded-grants-to-clogged-u-s-ports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/transportation-sec-pete-buttigieg-to-dole-out-450m-in-taxpayer-funded-grants-to-clogged-u-s-ports\/","title":{"rendered":"Transportation Sec. Pete Buttigieg To Dole out $450M in Taxpayer-Funded Grants to Clogged U.S. Ports"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Ftransportation-sec-pete-buttigieg-to-dole-out-450m-in-taxpayer-funded-grants-to-clogged-u-s-ports%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=1333166&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/US-POLITICS-ECONOMY-BUTTIGIEG-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced he will be awarding $450 million in taxpayer-funded grants in an effort to unclog U.S.\u00a0ports as the supply chain crisis continues.<\/p>\n<p>The transportation industry has remained unstable, and this has forced Americans to face increased prices and empty shelves at grocery stores and other retailers.<\/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 money is part of the $1 trillion infrastructure bill Joe Biden signed into law last November.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Buttigieg has not kept a high public profile since taking weeks off from his job after he and the man he is married to adopted twins.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re proud to announce this funding to help ports improve their infrastructure \u2014 to get goods moving more efficiently and help keep costs under control for American families,\u201d Buttigieg said.<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press (AP) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wndu.com\/2022\/02\/23\/us-ports-get-450-million-speed-flow-goods-lower-prices\/\">reported<\/a>\u00a0that U.S. ports will have until May to apply for the grants, which won\u2019t be delivered until the fall. It detailed a Transportation Department report:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Transportation Department was releasing this week a one-year report that assesses the supply chain and how best to fix gaps. Administration officials said the report urges better government cooperation and data-sharing with the private sector and pledges up to billions of dollars more from federal grant programs later this year to promote smoother rail, water and truck transportation and build out warehouse capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the department took interim steps to unclog the supply chain and limit inflation pressures, awarding $241 million in grants including $52.3 million to help boost rail capacity at the port in Long Beach, California. It has strived to move major ports to longer work days and improve recruitment and retention in the trucking industry.<\/p>\n<p>Biden has acknowledged potential added pain to consumers if U.S. sanctions against Russian President Vladimir Putin over Ukraine end up limiting Russia\u2019s exports of oil and natural gas and causing global energy prices to soar. Separately, Biden on Tuesday announced new U.S. investments to boost domestic production of minerals used for electronics including electric vehicles, smartphones and appliances, part of a bid to reduce U.S. reliance on China.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Department of Transportation\u2019s press release about the announcement\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.transportation.gov\/briefing-room\/president-biden-and-us-department-transportation-announce-historic-new-funding\">said<\/a> that it will provide \u201ctechnical assistance\u201d to entities seeking a grant through a series of webinars.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Penny Starr on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PennyStarrDC\">Twitter<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced he will be awarding $450 million in taxpayer-funded grants in an effort to unclog U.S.\u00a0ports as the supply chain crisis continues. 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