Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said on Sunday the federal government would provide more financial assistance to assist with the recovery after the deadly bridge collapse in Baltimore last week.
The Cabinet official made the comments on CBS News after the Transportation Department announced $60 million in “Emergency Relief” funds to help Maryland rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which was hit by a cargo ship.
“We’re using an authority called the Emergency Relief. This is through our Federal Highway Administration. That’s how we got those first 60 million out and there will be more where that came from,” Buttigieg said during an interview on “Face the Nation.”
“Now it is possible we may need to turn to Congress to supplement that fund. That has happened in the past, if you remember the 2007 bridge collapse in Minnesota, ultimately about $260 million put…
