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Pete Buttigieg: “It is important as a matter of fairness, and it is important as a matter of economic strength, and it is important when…”

On the recordMarch 24, 2021
It is important as a matter of fairness, and it is important as a matter of economic strength, and it is important when we consider that sometimes U.S. transportation policy in the past has, frankly, actively harmed racial and economic justice in this country.
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Pete Buttigieg
Democratic · Indiana

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Buttigieg discusses the importance of equity in transportation projects.

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