Whereas the Department of Transportation was established by an Act of Congress on October 15, 1966; Whereas Pete Buttigieg serves as the 19th Secretary of Transportation under President Biden, having been sworn in on February 3, 2021; Whereas the mission of the Department of Transportation to deliver the world’s leading transportation system, serving the American people and economy through safe, efficient, sustainable, and equitable movements of people and goods; Whereas, during Secretary Pete Buttigieg tenure, the Department of Transportation failed to mitigate or effectively respond to multiple national crises; Whereas Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s ineptitude has jeopardized the safety and prosperity of the American people; Whereas, in 2021 and 2022, Secretary Buttigieg was absent during a historical supply chain crisis when United States ports faced a record backlog of ships stranded off of United States coasts; Whereas, in December 2022, under Secretary Buttigieg’s watch, more than 15,000 flights were canceled, the worst and most costly single airline operational disruption in the history of United States aviation; Whereas Secretary Buttigieg, in 2022, neglected his duties and left the country to vacation in Portuguese wine country amidst ongoing negotiations of an impending railroad labor strike, leaving Congress to act in order to prevent the impending rail workers strike; Whereas, on January 11, 2023, due to a preventable malfunction in the Notice to Air Mission’s System, the Federal Aviation Administration was forced to impose the largest nationwide ground stop since the attacks of September 11, 2001; Whereas Secretary Buttigieg failed to immediately respond to the major economic, environmental, humanitarian disaster that occurred on February 3, 2023, when a train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, spilling toxic chemicals, forcing residents to evacuate, and the surrounding areas devastated