{"id":882284,"date":"2021-10-15T07:44:24","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T11:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=882284"},"modified":"2021-10-15T07:44:27","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T11:44:27","slug":"transportation-secretary-pete-buttigieg-has-been-on-paid-leave-for-months-amid-supply-chain-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/transportation-secretary-pete-buttigieg-has-been-on-paid-leave-for-months-amid-supply-chain-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg Has Been On Paid Leave For Months Amid Supply Chain Crisis"},"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\">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-secretary-pete-buttigieg-has-been-on-paid-leave-for-months-amid-supply-chain-crisis%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=882284&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 has reportedly been on paid leave for months as the U.S. is facing a historic supply chain crisis that is causing pain for Americans throughout the course of their daily lives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile U.S. ports faced anchor-to-anchor traffic and Congress nearly melted down over the president\u2019s infrastructure bill in recent weeks, the usually omnipresent Transportation secretary was lying low,\u201d Politico <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/west-wing-playbook\/2021\/10\/14\/can-pete-buttigieg-have-it-all-494710\">reported<\/a>. \u201cThey didn\u2019t previously announce it, but Buttigieg\u2019s office told West Wing Playbook that the secretary has actually been on paid leave since mid-August to spend time with his husband, Chasten, and their two newborn babies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the department told Politico that Buttigieg was \u201cmostly offline\u201d for the \u201cfirst four weeks\u201d except \u201cfor major agency decisions and matters that could not be delegated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has been ramping up activities since then,\u201d the spokesperson claimed, adding that Buttigieg will \u201ccontinue to take some time over the coming weeks to support his husband and take care of his new children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/14\/exclusive-marsha-blackburn-blasts-pete-buttigieg-paid-leave-supply-chain-crisis\/\">slammed<\/a> Buttigieg in a statement to Breitbart News on Thursday evening, saying:<\/p>\n<p><em>We\u2019re in the middle of a transportation crisis, and Pete Buttigieg is sitting at home. Meanwhile, cargo boats are unable to dock and shelves are sitting empty. Pete needs to either get back to work or leave the Department of Transportation. It\u2019s time to put American families first.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg\u2019s absence comes as a $1 trillion pipeline of goods from Asia to the U.S. has been clogged for months, leading to skyrocketing shipping costs which are exacerbating inflationary pressures on an economy that is struggling to rebound under Democrat President Joe Biden\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n<p>A new report from Moody\u2019s Analytics warns that the supply chain disruptions \u201cwill get worse before they get better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the global economic recovery continues to gather steam, what is increasingly apparent is how it will be stymied by supply-chain disruptions that are now showing up at every corner,\u201d this week\u2019s report said. \u201cBorder controls and mobility restrictions, unavailability of a global vaccine pass, and pent-up demand from being stuck at home have combined for a perfect storm where global production will be hampered because deliveries are not made in time, costs and prices will rise and GDP growth worldwide will not be as robust as a result.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report pinned the supply chain crisis on shortages of truck drivers, differences in how countries are fighting the pandemic, and a lack of a global effort to streamline operations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has reportedly been on paid leave for months as the U.S. is facing a historic supply chain crisis that is causing pain for Americans throughout the course of their daily lives.\u201cWhile U.S. ports faced anchor-to-anchor traffic and Congress nearly melted down over the president\u2019s infrastructure bill in recent weeks, the usually omnipresent Transportation secretary was lying low,\u201d Politico reported. \u201cThey didn\u2019t previously announce it, but Buttigieg\u2019s office told West Wing Playbook that the secretary has actually been on paid leave since mid-August to spend time with his husband, Chasten, and their two newborn babies.\u201dA spokesperson for the department told Politico that Buttigieg was \u201cmostly offline\u201d for the \u201cfirst four weeks\u201d except \u201cfor major agency decisions and matters that could not be delegated.\u201d\u201cHe has been ramping up activities since then,\u201d the spokesperson claimed, adding that Buttigieg will \u201ccontinue to take some time over the coming weeks to support his husband and take care of his new children.\u201dSen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) slammed Buttigieg in a statement to Breitbart News on Thursday evening, saying:We\u2019re in the middle of a transportation crisis, and Pete Buttigieg is sitting at home. Meanwhile, cargo boats are unable to dock and shelves are sitting empty. Pete needs to either get back to work or leave the Department of Transportation. It\u2019s time to put American families first.Buttigieg\u2019s absence comes as a $1 trillion pipeline of goods from Asia to the U.S. has been clogged for months, leading to skyrocketing shipping costs which are exacerbating inflationary pressures on an economy that is struggling to rebound under Democrat President Joe Biden\u2019s administration.A new report from Moody\u2019s Analytics warns that the supply chain disruptions \u201cwill get worse before they get better.\u201d\u201cAs the global economic recovery continues to gather steam, what is increasingly apparent is how it will be stymied by supply-chain disruptions that are now showing up at every corner,\u201d this week\u2019s report said. \u201cBorder controls and mobility restrictions, unavailability of a global vaccine pass, and pent-up demand from being stuck at home have combined for a perfect storm where global production will be hampered because deliveries are not made in time, costs and prices will rise and GDP growth worldwide will not be as robust as a result.\u201dThe report pinned the supply chain crisis on shortages of truck drivers, differences in how countries are fighting the pandemic, and a lack of a global effort to streamline operations.\u201cThis will not be an issue next year at all,\u201d JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon predicted on Monday. \u201cThis is the worst part of it. I think great market systems will adjust for it like companies have.\u201dRelated: The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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