President Joe Biden’s cabinet choices most likely to affect the construction industry are moving quickly into place. His pick for transportation secretary, Pete Buttigieg, is already on the job, and nominees for federal labor, energy, environmental and commerce agencies appear primed for approval. Full Senate confirmation could come by month’s end.
Candidates have had to defend Biden’s climate-change strategy unveiled last month and will have to help the administration as it gears up to win approval for a $1.9-trillion stimulus plan that passed the Senate on party lines Feb. 5. Buttigieg, confirmed Feb. 2 by the Senate on an 86-13 vote, is expected to have a prominent role in helping to push the recovery plan.