Federal rebuild of Baltimore bridge ‘will not be quick or easy or cheap,’ Buttigieg says

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg outlined Wednesday the immediate and longer-term priorities the Biden administration is pursuing in the aftermath of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse outside Baltimore that left six people presumed dead. While many questions remained roughly 36 hours after a massive cargo ship struck the bridge and caused the deadly collapse, Buttigieg at a White House press briefing reiterated President Biden’s pledge a day earlier for the federal government to fund the full cost of rebuilding the bridge.