Buttigieg Open to DOT 'Supporting' Dig-Once Broadband Work
Transportation Secretary nominee Pete Buttigieg would “welcome the opportunity to make sure” the Department of Transportation “is open to supporting” policies that allow “dig-once” broadband deployment work in conjunction with other transportation infrastructure projects. Buttigieg was responding to a question…
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from Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., during Thursday's Commerce Committee confirmation hearing. Lead committee Republican Roger Wicker of Mississippi and others more generally noted DOT’s role in any infrastructure proposals that President Joe Biden decides to send to Congress. Lead Communications Subcommittee Republican John Thune of South Dakota was among those raising concerns about how Biden proposes to pay for any new infrastructure funding.