Misleading cut deficit & spending more? Spending ended. Absolute confidence Sec Pete Buttigieg

On 2/16/2023, a reporter asked KJP, "I wanted to ask you — the Congressional Budget report. So, the President said that he has cut the deficit over the past two years. But isn’t that misleading for Americans because it was the COVID spending that ended that really brought that money down, as well as the President signing an increase in ongoing federal spending? And now the CBO is saying the federal deficit this year is $1.4 trillion and averaging $2 trillion until 2033."

KJP: So, look, the President has long made reducing the deficit and — and being fisi- — fiscally responsible as a priority ... And — and, I think, look no further than his speech yesterday. Look no further, also, I guess, his speech — the State of the Union — where he said that he’s going to continue to cut the deficit by $2 trillion ... But here’s the thing: You have congressional Republicans who want to increase the deficit by $3 trillion. When you think about repealing the Inflation Reduction Act ...

Reporter: How does spending cuts in that budget as well as tax increases

KJP: I’m not going to get ahead of the President. I’m just saying what he laid out to all of you yesterday: $2 trillion, he’s going to de- — he’s going to lower the deficit. And that shows fiscal responsibility, and that’s something that the President has talked about as Vice President, as senator. And he’s shown — he’s shown it. He has the receipts.

Karine Jean-Pierre: Biden has "absolute confidence" in his failed Transp. Secretary Pete Buttigieg. A reporter asked, "On the train derailment in Ohio, Secretary Buttigieg has gotten some criticism — some of it — much of it in Ohio, some of it from Democrats and Republicans, who argue that he waited too long to respond and that he’s — has seemed to be fixated on trying to deflect blame to the previous administration." So, does the President — is he satisfied with the — with the government’s response to this derailment? And is he — does he have confidence in —
KJP: Yes, absolutely.
Reporter: — continue to have confidence in Secretary Buttigieg?
KJP: I can answer that very quickly and very — with quick — with confidence from here that we do have absolute confidence in — in Mayor Pete — in Sec- — I always say that — Secretary Buttigieg.

Pete Buttigieg blames Trump for Ohio train derailment amid criticism: 'We're constrained'
2/15/2023, Trans Sec Pete Buttigieg shifted part of the blame for the recent derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals in Ohio on the Trump administration reversing a little-known safety rule.

Buttigieg noted Tuesday evening that his agency had taken a series of steps to improve rail safety through "historic investments," but said it was constrained by the Trump admin action. In 2018, the Dept Trans(DOT) withdrew a rule proposed three years earlier requiring trains carrying certain dangerous chemicals to utilize electronically controlled pneumatic (ECP) brakes, saying the technology's benefits were inconclusive.

"In the wake of the East Palestine derailment and its impact on hundreds of residents, we’re seeing lots of newfound or renewed (and welcome) interest in our work on rail safety, so I wanted to share more about what we’ve been doing in this area," Buttigieg tweeted. "We’re constrained by law on some areas of rail regulation (like the braking rule withdrawn by the Trump administration in 2018 because of a law passed by Congress in 2015), but we are using the powers we do have to keep people safe," the transportation secretary added. "And of course, I’m always ready to work with Congress on furthering (or in some cases, restoring) our capacity to address rail safety issues."

On 2/16/2023, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, "Has the White House been in touch with Senator Manchin about his comments or his push that there should be talks about the debt ceiling and a reduction in spending?"

KJP: So, I’ll say, more broadly, we are — our team here is in regular communication with Senator Manchin. We have — we’ve had, clearly, a close relationship with him in working on key historic pieces of legislation over the past two years. Look, the President’s stance on negotiation stands — stands — right? — which is he does not believe, as it relates to the debt ceiling, that we should be negotiating.

We should not be — there should not be conditions around this. We should not be negotiating.

And, again, if they want to talk about ways to lower the deficit, like the President has done the last two years — $1.7 trillion. The President has said he — he said yesterday in his — the State of the Union address that his — his fiscal plan, his budget will lower the deficit by another $2 trillion ... He mentioned this yesterday in his speech, which is he doesn’t believe that this should be — we should be

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Misleading cut deficit & spending more? Spending ended. Absolute confidence Sec Pete Buttigieg

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