{"id":2209990,"date":"2024-03-31T11:00:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-31T15:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buttigieg-pledges-more-federal-assistance-for-maryland-bridge-collapse-after-60-million-start\/"},"modified":"2024-03-31T11:00:27","modified_gmt":"2024-03-31T15:00:27","slug":"buttigieg-pledges-more-federal-assistance-for-maryland-bridge-collapse-after-60-million-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buttigieg-pledges-more-federal-assistance-for-maryland-bridge-collapse-after-60-million-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Buttigieg promises increased federal aid for Maryland bridge collapse following initial $60 million commitment"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fbuttigieg-pledges-more-federal-assistance-for-maryland-bridge-collapse-after-60-million-start%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=2209990&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>Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced additional federal financial aid for the\u200d Baltimore bridge\u200d collapse recovery\u200d after promising \u200c$60 million in Emergency Relief funds to help rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge. He discussed the funding source as Emergency Relief\u2062 through the Federal Highway Administration and hinted at potential congressional\u2063 assistance. Buttigieg emphasized the importance of bipartisan \u200csupport for effective infrastructure maintenance.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Transportation Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/pete-buttigieg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pete Buttigieg<\/a> said on Sunday the federal government would provide more financial assistance to assist with the recovery after the deadly bridge collapse in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/baltimore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Baltimore<\/a> last week.<\/p>\n<p>The Cabinet official made the comments on CBS News after the Transportation Department announced $60 million in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transportation.gov\/briefing-room\/biden-harris-administration-announces-60-million-emergency-work-wake-collapse-francis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cEmergency Relief\u201d funds<\/a> to help Maryland rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which was hit by a cargo ship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re using an authority called the Emergency Relief. This is through our Federal Highway Administration. That\u2019s how we got those first 60 million out and there will be more where that came from,\u201d Buttigieg said during an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pete-buttigieg-transportation-secretary-face-the-nation-transcript-03-31-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview on \u201cFace the Nation.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow it is possible we may need to turn to Congress to supplement that fund. That has happened in the past, if you remember the 2007 bridge collapse in Minnesota, ultimately about $260 million put together, including funds that were put through Congress on a bipartisan basis,\u201d Buttigieg said.<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cI hope and expect this too will be a bipartisan priority. It\u2019s not just the right thing to do for the people of Baltimore. But really important, again, for our whole supply system to make sure that that port and that bridge are operating just the way they were supposed to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although GOP hardliners have pushed for reining in federal spending, they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/video\/2024\/03\/28\/hard-right-house-gop-open-to-funding-baltimore-bridge-repairs-1277920\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appeared to be open<\/a> to federal aid under the right conditions. But <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/4561463-republican-biden-baltimore-bridge-collapse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not everyone<\/a> seemed happy after President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/white-house\/biden-says-wants-federal-government-pay-rebuilding-baltimore-bridge-ca-rcna145138\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> he wanted the federal government to cover the \u201centire\u201d cost of the reconstruction project.<\/p>\n<p>CBS News correspondent Ed O\u2019Keefe asked Buttigieg what he would say to any \u201cskeptical\u201d lawmaker who might say they oppose providing federal taxpayer dollars to help repair the bridge.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe pitch is your district could be next,\u201d Buttigieg said. \u201cAnd also this has historically been bipartisan, and I\u2019m not just reaching back to bygone eras. Remember, the infrastructure package itself \u2014 President Biden\u2019s infrastructure plan went through on a bipartisan basis. A lot of people didn\u2019t think that was possible when we got here in 2021.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the president never gave up on the idea,\u201d he added. \u201cAnd sure enough, a lot of Republicans were willing to cross the aisle, work with President Biden, work with Democrats to get this done. If there\u2019s anything left in this country that is more bipartisan than infrastructure, it should be emergency response. This is both and I hope that Congress will be willing if and when we turn to them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg assured increased federal aid for recovery post Baltimore bridge collapse. Following the tragic event, he announced additional financial assistance on CBS News. The Transportation Department&#8217;s allocation of $60 million in &#8220;Emergency Relief&#8221; funds aims to support Maryland&#8217;s efforts to reconstruct the Francis Scott bridge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":2209991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-2110562049-scaled-e1711894981359.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2209990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-2110562049-scaled-e1711894981359.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2209990","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\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2209990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2209990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2209991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2209990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2209990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2209990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}