a cabinet post. He’ll be tasked with advancing Joe Biden’s ambitious agenda of rebuilding the nation’s infrastructure and fighting climate change.Buttigieg, a 39-year-old former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and Biden’s one-time rival during the Democratic presidential primaries, was approved on an 86-13 vote.“I’m honored and humbled by today’s vote in the Senate_and ready to get to work,” Buttigieg tweeted shortly after he was confirmed.Praised by Biden for bringing a “new voice” to the administration, Buttigieg takes over a transportation department with 55,000 employees and a budget of tens of billions dollars.He has pledged to quickly get to work promoting safety and restoring consumer trust in America’s transportation networks as.