Interesting that 10 Rs and 3Ds voted outside the party lines

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[quote]A group of 10 House Republicans helped Democrats sink a bill that would have forced Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to report his fight records on government-owned jets.

The bill — introduced by Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., as an amendment to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization legislation — was defeated in a narrow 219-216 vote late Wednesday. According to the roll call, 10 Republicans voted against while three Democrats voted in favor of the amendment which had language to "require a report on the Secretary of Transportation flight records."

"We are disappointed that Representative Miller’s important amendment failed," Caitlin Sutherland, the executive director for watchdog group Americans for Public Trust (APT), told Fox News Digital. "After Secretary Buttigieg was caught excessively using a taxpayer-funded private jet, his department doubled-down and is refusing to release the true cost of these flights."

"That’s why we’re suing the FAA, because it is the right of the American people to have these records and they deserve transparency," she added.

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves, R-Mo., and GOP Reps. Troy Balderson, Jack Bergman, Brian Fitzpatrick, Garret Graves, David Joyce, Jennifer Kiggans, Marcus Molinaro and Brandon Williams voted against the amendment.

Democratic Reps. Yadira Caraveo, Ted Lieu and Katie Porter voted in favor of the bill.

he bill's defeat Wednesday comes seven months after a Fox News Digital report that showed Buttigieg, a vocal proponent of sweeping climate measures, took at least 18 flights using the FAA's taxpayer-funded private jets between early 2021 and mid-2022. The report identified the flights using Buttigieg's internal calendar obtained by APT.

In one instance of his use of government-managed private jets, Buttigieg traveled roundtrip from Washington, D.C., to Las Vegas to promote public works projects in August 2021. In another example, Buttigieg used a jet to fly to multiple states — most of which have largely been considered swing states in elections — in August 2022 as part of a tour highlighting federal infrastructure grants.

Additional information obtained by Fox News Digital showed Buttigieg's senior advisers took five other flights on the jets without him.

The December report ultimately triggered the Department of Transportation's Office of the Inspector General to open an investigation into Buttigieg's use of the FAA fleet in late February. The probe remains ongoing.

"We welcome this independent audit moving forward in order to put some of the false, outlandish, and cynical claims about the Secretary’s mode of travel to rest. The fact remains that he flies commercially the vast majority of the time," a DOT spokesperson said at the time.

In June, APT filed a lawsuit against the FAA over the agency's delays in handing over additional documents about Buttigieg's travels on the federal government's jet fleet.

On Thursday morning, meanwhile, the House overwhelmingly passed the FAA reauthorization legislation in a 351-69 vote.

"America has always been the gold standard in aviation, and this bill ensures that we remain the world leader," said Transportation Committee Chairman Graves. "This bipartisan legislation improves the safety of our system, our airport infrastructure, and the quality of service for passengers."

Homo Pete is a disaster.

Pete should have stuck to ruining 1 city instead of a whole industry of travel



He sucked then, he sucks now

Simple, they are afraid their own logs will get made public.

No, the GOP is. Well, both.

Yep, it's retarded political theater to make it about one person.

If they tried to be transparent with all government flights there would be instant bitching from all sides about "muh security" to hide the reality.

Ol booty juice isn’t hiding anything is he?

GOP is uniparty no other explanation to hide transparency

i don't see the downside to having him report it. Is it expensive or time-consuming? Would it require the release of private info? Like what possible reason would someone vote nay here?

"release the true cost"

That's how you lose elections.

We have the fukking president getting kickbacks from China while whistleblowers get prosecuted by his justice dept. but we want to talk about some fgt doing what’s most likely his job. Since he is the transportation sec for the whole fukking country.

do as i say not as i do, lol

they are all corrupt and don't want their travel logs getting out

We'd be stunned at how many islands there are.

yep.
the swamp is far and wide in DC.

The swamp extends to the world.

GOP sucks