House Republicans Pass Spending Bill Slashing Pete Buttigieg Salary to $1

On Tuesday evening, House Republicans were able to push through an amendment on a spending bill that would slash Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's salary to $1.

The amendment, which was introduced by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green, R-Ga., would be added to the 2024 Transportation and Housing and Urban Development spending bill, if passed. It uses the Holman Rule, which allows cutting the salaries of federal workers to $1.

"I’m proud to announce my amendment to FIRE Pete Buttigieg just PASSED the House. Pothole Pete staged fake bike rides to the White House and used private planes funded by taxpayers to receive awards for the way certain people have sex. American taxpayers should not be on the hook for paying for his lavish trips or his salary," Greene wrote on X.

Republicans took aim at Buttigieg, a member of President Joe Biden's Cabinet, for riding a bike to the Department of Transportation (DOT) following a meeting at the White House, claiming he staged the event.

Both Buttigieg and the DOT have denied the allegations, arguing that the secretary regularly takes 3-mile bike rides.

Greene also accused Buttigieg of "taking taxpayer-funded carbon-emitting private jets to receive LGBTQ awards," instead of helping the people of East Palestine, Ohio, following the train derailment earlier this year. Buttigieg visited East Palestine three weeks after the incident and apologized for the delay after residents expressed frustration with the federal government's response.

"I felt strongly about this and could have expressed that sooner," Buttigieg said in February. "I was taking pains to respect the role that I have and the role that I don't have, and that should not have stopped me from weighing in about how I felt about what was happening to this community."