Northern Missouri Congressman Sam Graves confirms that he has had talks with the Trump transition team about the possibility of serving as Transportation Secretary in the second Trump administration. Graves, a Republican, is chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. An article by Politico named Graves as a possible Transportation Secretary.
Graves told Missourinet affiliate KFEQ in St. Joseph that he is talking with Trump’s people.
“I have been talking to Trump’s transition team,” he said. “You know, they have informed that they’ve got me on a short list for that. So, I’m obviously taking a very hard look at it and, you know, see what happens. But it is certainly something that is very intriguing to me.”
Republican Caucus rules would prohibit Graves from continuing to serve as House Transportation Committee chair in the next term of Congress unless he is granted a waiver.
Graves said the next Transportation Secretary needs to concentrate on physical infrastructure.
“That is roads and bridges and airports and pipelines and ports and not do all of these things that are about a green agenda or about, you know, woke policies or quota policies, whatever the case may be,” Graves said. “We need to concentrate on traditional infrastructure. That’s what’s going to be the challenge is unwinding so many of those things that happened in the Biden-Harris Administration.”
Graves won his 13th term in Congress Tuesday.
“It’s just preliminary at this point,” he said. “They’re just feeling me out on, you know, on policy and what I would do and the things that I would like to see changed. So, you know, it’s just preliminary point, to be quite honest with you.”
He is the dean of the Missouri Congressional delegation.
Brent Martin, of Missourinet affiliate KFEQ in St. Joseph, contributed this report.
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