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Pete Buttigieg
@petebuttigieg· Democratic · IN· Jun 26, 2024

We know how important the supply chain is to keep our economy productive and prices low. We support the collective bargaining process and encourage the parties to continue to bargain.

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Pete Buttigieg
@petebuttigieg· Democratic · IN· Jun 26, 2024

Along with our partners at the Department of Labor and in the White House, we engaged with both parties to bring them to the table and reach a tentative agreement on wages that ended the strike after less than 72 hours.

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Pete Buttigieg
@petebuttigieg· Democratic · IN· Jun 26, 2024

If you think this is expensive, wait until you find out how much oil and gas subsidies you have been supporting.

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Pete Buttigieg
@petebuttigieg· Democratic · IN· Jun 26, 2024

Pound for pound, rail transport is safer and less polluting than alternatives.

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Pete Buttigieg
@petebuttigieg· Democratic · IN· Jun 26, 2024

Our approach has been to create options and to provide economic support.

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Pete Buttigieg
@petebuttigieg· Democratic · IN· Jun 26, 2024

America has never been the kind of country that waited for other countries to solve a problem.

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Pete Buttigieg
@petebuttigieg· Democratic · IN· Jun 26, 2024

We want to make sure we are helping them make use of opportunities to do those conversions, knowing the housing crunch that so many communities face.

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Pete Buttigieg
@petebuttigieg· Democratic · IN· Jun 26, 2024

They have the means to operate more safely. But unless a law requires it of them, it will not happen.

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Pete Buttigieg
@petebuttigieg· Democratic · IN· Jun 26, 2024

We need this legislation. Look, we are doing everything we can, short of an act of Congress, but we are urgently calling for Congress to act.

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Pete Buttigieg
@petebuttigieg· Democratic · IN· Jun 26, 2024

We think it is really important to fill in some of the gaps in areas that won't pencil for the private sector.

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Pete Buttigieg
@petebuttigieg· Democratic · IN· Jun 26, 2024

The cost of electric vehicles is going down, and we have even seen research indicating that...

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Pete Buttigieg
@petebuttigieg· Democratic · IN· Jun 26, 2024

It would certainly be absurd to dismiss the danger and damage that has been associated with flammable liquids being used to propel our vehicles over the course of the last 100 years.

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Pete Buttigieg
@petebuttigieg· Democratic · IN· Jun 26, 2024

We face fierce competition from around the world...to make sure that America leads the way in the EV revolution.

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Pete Buttigieg
@petebuttigieg· Democratic · IN· Jun 26, 2024

I believe it is because they perceive the economic and strategic benefits of trying to dominate that market.

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Pete Buttigieg
@petebuttigieg· Democratic · IN· Jun 26, 2024

That is not an accurate characterization of what I have said.

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Pete Buttigieg
@petebuttigieg· Democratic · IN· Jun 26, 2024

Legislation such as what you have led on introducing, could give FMCSA the explicit authority needed to assess civil penalties for violations of commercial regulations.

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Pete Buttigieg
@petebuttigieg· Democratic · IN· Jun 26, 2024

We see how fraud in the movement of goods has created just gut-wrenching stories from people who are vulnerable when somebody else has possession of their goods during a move.

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Pete Buttigieg
@petebuttigieg· Democratic · IN· Jun 26, 2024

We have been heartened to see improvements in the overall numbers of roadway fatalities over the last eight quarters in the U.S.

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