Bipartisan group of senators press Buttigieg on overdue tourism infrastructure plan

The Hill By ZACH SCHONFELD September 28, 2022

A group of bipartisan senators wrote a letter to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Tuesday asking why his department has missed Congress’s deadline to update its strategy on tourism infrastructure.

The group, which is led by Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) and joined by Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), asked Buttigieg for a briefing that includes a proposed timeline for the update and an explanation for the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) delay.

“The travel and tourism industry is the cornerstone of many of our states’ economies, responsible for millions of good-paying jobs across a number of industries,” the senators wrote.

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