{"id":1957480,"date":"2023-06-26T17:14:04","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T21:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-introduces-senate-bill-to-curb-buttigiegs-use-of-private-jets-on-taxpayer-dime\/"},"modified":"2023-06-26T17:15:28","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T21:15:28","slug":"republican-introduces-senate-bill-to-curb-buttigiegs-use-of-private-jets-on-taxpayer-dime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-introduces-senate-bill-to-curb-buttigiegs-use-of-private-jets-on-taxpayer-dime\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP senator proposes bill to limit Buttigieg&#8217;s taxpayer-funded private jet usage."},"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\">22<\/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%2Frepublican-introduces-senate-bill-to-curb-buttigiegs-use-of-private-jets-on-taxpayer-dime%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=1957480&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--><h2>Senator Targets Transportation Secretary&#8217;s Private Jet Use<\/h2>\n<p>Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) has introduced a bill in the Senate aimed at Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, urging him to opt for commercial flights instead of private jets. The legislation seeks to increase transparency within the Transportation Department and close a loophole that makes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-and-them-global-elites-drive-demand-for-private-jets-to-new-highs-during-pandemic\/\" title=\"Us and Them: Global Elites Drive Demand for Private Jets to New Highs During Pandemic\">private jet flights<\/a> appear cheaper than they actually are.<\/p>\n<h3>Demands for Accountability<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Secretary Buttigieg seems averse to traveling on the very commercial airlines that his department oversees,&#8221; Schmitt told Fox News. &#8220;It\u2019s far past time that Secretary Buttigieg travel commercially instead of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sounds-like-a-woke-political-agenda-bidens-new-office-of-environmental-justice-blasted-for-wasting-taxpayer-money\/\" title=\"\u2018Sounds Like A Woke Political Agenda\u2019: Biden\u2019s New \u2018Office Of Environmental Justice\u2019  Blasted For Wasting Taxpayer Money\">wasting taxpayer dollars<\/a> on private jet flights.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The bill does allow for the use of private jets in emergency situations or if the cost is at least 5% lower than a commercial flight to the same destination for the secretary and other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-introduces-senate-bill-to-curb-buttigiegs-use-of-private-jets-on-taxpayer-dime\/\" title=\"GOP senator proposes bill to limit Buttigieg's taxpayer-funded private jet usage.\">high-ranking transportation officials<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Past Controversies<\/h3>\n<p>According to a report from Fox last December, Buttigieg has used private jets operated by the Federal Aviation Administration at least 18 times since taking office in 2020. These flights were funded by taxpayers and were for official business, including trips to Florida, New Hampshire, and Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>Previous transportation secretaries and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-bidens-education-department-has-closer-ties-to-crt-group-than-they-admit\/\" title=\"REPORT: Biden\u2019s Education Department Has Closer Ties To CRT Group Than They Admit\">high-ranking officials<\/a> have also faced criticism for their use of private jets. Former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, during the Trump administration, faced backlash for using private jets seven times in 2017. Former Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price resigned after using a private jet 26 times in the same year.<\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg has defended his use of private jets, stating that he mostly flies economy class on commercial flights and only uses agency aircraft when it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dot-inspector-general-investigating-pete-buttigiegs-use-of-government-jets-buttigieg-responds\/\" title=\"DOT Inspector General Investigating Pete Buttigieg\u2019s Use Of Government Jets; Buttigieg Responds\">saves taxpayer money<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) aims to hold Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg accountable by proposing a bill that requires him to opt for commercial flights over private jets. This legislation seeks to enhance transparency within the Transportation Department and address a loophole in cost calculations, ensuring fair practices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1957481,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1957480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1957480","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1957480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1957480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1957481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1957480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1957480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1957480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}