Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy criticized former President Joe Biden and former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg for stalling grants focused on enhancing transportation infrastructure.
Rebuilding America
In a post on X on Thursday, Duffy shared that since he took office, the Department of Transportation (DOT) had found over “1,832 stalled grants” that were worth $20.6 billion. The Transport Secretary outlined that the grants were stuck due to “Biden/Buttigieg-era climate and environmental justice red tape.”
He then touted that active projects had gone up 60%, while more than 74,000 projects were authorized, as well as “billions flowing into real roads, bridges, and highways.”
Duffy also shared that 888 grants were executed and over $8.4 billion in construction projects had been completed. “For perspective: the Biden administration delivered $9.43 BILLION across FOUR YEARS,” the post said.
Duffy had earlier shared that the DOT had inherited over 3,200 grants in backlog of uncleared grants. Duffy approved 1,065 projects worth roughly $10 billion since taking office, according to a DOT press release from June 2025.
According to a January 2021 report by Politico, the Biden administration had halted a highway project in Houston, Texas, by invoking the Civil Rights Act as activists shared the project would displace the Black and Hispanic communities in the area.
Mountains Of Cash
Duffy had earlier criticized Buttigieg, saying that the former Transportation Secretary failed to initiate upgrades to air traffic control towers and sat on “mountains of cash.”
Duffy then slammed Buttigieg for failing to upgrade the Notice To Air Mission/Airmen (NOTAM) system, a critical communication tool used to inform pilots of various important information like weather conditions, airspace/runway closures and more.
Notably, Duffy faced widespread criticism for his reality TV show, with Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) calling him a “disgrace” for shooting the TV show amid multiple serious aviation incidents.
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