Senate approves nomination of former mayor as transportation secretary on 86-13 vote
Pete Buttigieg won Senate approval Tuesday as transportation secretary, the first out gay person to be confirmed to a cabinet post. He’ll be tasked with advancing Joe Biden’s ambitious agenda of rebuilding the nation’s infrastructure and fighting climate change.
Buttigieg, a 39-year-old former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and Biden’s one-time rival during the Democratic presidential primaries, was approved on an 86-13 vote.
