Buttigieg sworn in as Transportation Secretary

Pete Buttigieg is sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris Wednesday as the new Secretary of Transportation. (Feb. 3)

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KAMALA HARRIS: Good morning, everyone.

- Good morning.

PETE BUTTIGIEG: Good morning.

- Good morning.

- Good morning.

PETE BUTTIGIEG: All right.

KAMALA HARRIS: OK. Ready? OK, raise your right hand. I, Peter Buttigieg--

PETE BUTTIGIEG: I, Peter Buttigieg--

KAMALA HARRIS: --do solemnly swear--

PETE BUTTIGIEG: --do solemnly swear--

KAMALA HARRIS: --that I will support and defend--

PETE BUTTIGIEG: --that I will support and defend--

KAMALA HARRIS: --the Constitution of the United States--

PETE BUTTIGIEG: --the Constitution of the United States--

KAMALA HARRIS: --against all enemies, foreign and domestic--

PETE BUTTIGIEG: --against all enemies, foreign and domestic--

KAMALA HARRIS: --that I will bear true, faith, and allegiance--

PETE BUTTIGIEG: --that I will bear true, faith, and allegiance--

KAMALA HARRIS: --to the same--

PETE BUTTIGIEG: --to the same--

KAMALA HARRIS: --that I take this obligation freely--

PETE BUTTIGIEG: --that I take this obligation freely--

KAMALA HARRIS: --without any mental reservation--

PETE BUTTIGIEG: --without any mental reservation--

KAMALA HARRIS: --or purpose of evasion--

PETE BUTTIGIEG: --or purpose of evasion--

KAMALA HARRIS: --and that I will well and faithfully discharge--

PETE BUTTIGIEG: --and that I will well and faithfully discharge--

KAMALA HARRIS: --the duties of the office--

PETE BUTTIGIEG: --the duties of the office--

KAMALA HARRIS: --which I am about to enter--

PETE BUTTIGIEG: --which I am about to enter--

KAMALA HARRIS: --so help me God.

PETE BUTTIGIEG: --so help me God.

KAMALA HARRIS: Congratulations, Mr. Secretary. Congratulations!

PETE BUTTIGIEG: Thank you so much.

CHASTEN BUTTIGIEG: Thank you so much--

KAMALA HARRIS: Chasten, uh-huh.

CHASTEN BUTTIGIEG: --Madam Vice President.

KAMALA HARRIS: [LAUGHING] There we are.

DOUG EMHOFF: Congratulations.

CHASTEN BUTTIGIEG: Wow.

PETE BUTTIGIEG: Thank you.

CHASTEN BUTTIGIEG: Thank you so much.

DOUG EMHOFF: Congratulations.

CHASTEN BUTTIGIEG: Thanks for being here.

KAMALA HARRIS: OK, group photo for at least our photographer. [LAUGHING]

OK, congratulations.

PETE BUTTIGIEG: Thank you so much.

KAMALA HARRIS: Congratulations.