Secretary and Salary: Pete Buttigieg $221,400
Fiscal year 2022 Budget Request: $88 Billion
Staffing: Almost 55,000 employees
Mission: To ensure America has the safest, most efficient and modern transportation system in the world, which boosts our economic productivity and global competitiveness and enhances the quality of life in communities both rural and urban.
Creation: October 15, 1966
Historical Facts:
April 1, 1967 - first operational day of the Department of Transportation
Alan Boyd was the first Secretary of Transportation
1970 - Highway Safety Act passed
1999 - Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act passed
Leadership:
Secretary - Pete Buttigieg
Deputy Secretary - Polly Trottenberg
Chief of Staff - Laura Schiller
Secretary Buttigieg comments:
They exited Columbus Circle and started to walk down Central Park West. They didn’t make it very far.
“Why are there barriers around this building?” Alexander asked.
“It is a security precaution.”
“For what threat?”
“The leader of the nation owns this building.”
“Is he here now?”
“No, he doesn’t spend much time here.”
“Why not, is he off on military campaign?”
“No, that’s not really done anymore.”
“There are no more military campaigns?”
“No, there are still wars, but the leader of the country doesn’t lead them.”
“Why would you grant power to a man who is incapable of leading an army in battle?”
“Times have changed.”
“No king leads his army now?”
“Kings are also a thing of the past.”
“How are you governed?”
“By the consent of the people. Democracy.”
“It is folly. Not even Athens could maintain a democracy. You paved the way the way for tyrants. Thinking democracy could work.”
“It has worked for hundreds of years.” Adell said as they continued to look at the President’s ...
“From the first day to this, sheer greed was the driving spirit of civilization.”
Friedrich Engels
