Political Quotes

Pete Buttigieg

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Pete Buttigieg is an American politician and attorney currently serving as the United States Secretary of Transportation, a position he has held since February 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, Buttigieg previously served as the Mayor of South Bend, Indiana, from 2012 to 2020. During his tenure as mayor, he focused on urban revitalization, infrastructure improvements, and economic development, gaining national attention for his leadership style and innovative policies.

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Mar 24, 2021

Addressing climate change will create high-quality jobs throughout our economy.

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Mar 24, 2021

If you can't take for granted that you can get a glass of clean, safe drinking water out of the tap when you are starting your day, that your family is going to be safe, then that wrecks so many other things in your life.

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Mar 24, 2021

the American people deserve excellent high-speed rail.

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Mar 24, 2021

I strongly support the Jones Act.

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Mar 24, 2021

If we lose our national maritime industry, it might not return and the consequences would be devastating.

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Mar 24, 2021

You should not have to own a car to prosper in this country, no matter what kind of community you are living in.

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Mar 24, 2021

Ultimately, there is no reason America shouldn't be capable of powering every electric vehicle that we produce.

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Mar 14, 2021

What I'll say is these allegations are really disturbing. They are serious and they need to be investigated as they are. And that investigation, of course, is underway.

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Feb 4, 2021

We have a chance to make investments that expand opportunity instead of cutting people off from opportunity, that build and enrich neighborhoods instead of breaking them up.

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Feb 4, 2021

We’ve got to make sure that we support this vitally important sector in our country.

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Feb 4, 2021

I want the U.S. to be leading the world when it comes to access to high speed rail, and I think we have a real opportunity to do that, especially with the bipartisan appetite for real investments that we have before us this year.

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Feb 4, 2021

The president won our primary and the election, and that will be the vision that goes forward.

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Feb 4, 2021

The president’s commitment to create a half million charging stations across the country I think is a very important piece of that.

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Feb 4, 2021

Look, why would we want social, environmental or economic or racial injustice to be attached to our transportation policy? This is a chance to get it right.

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Feb 4, 2021

Absolutely. I thought that was something that everybody could get on board with.

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Jan 23, 2021

My hope is that having that perspective will help me make sure that the department is user-friendly to the many communities that we really need to make sure that we’re supporting.

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Dec 16, 2020

My view this opportunity is also shaped by being the youngest member so far named to this cabinet and the first millennial invited to a seat at that table. I'm also mindful that the eyes of history are on this appointment, knowing that…

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Nov 1, 2020

It should be unthinkable that the American president would resort to undermining the American election system just because he thinks he's going to lose.

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Nov 1, 2020

Look, this is the chaos presidency and it almost sounds like he's rooting for chaos or for violence.

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Oct 27, 2020

It's just a jump to the left.

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Oct 14, 2020

It's politics first all over again.

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Oct 14, 2020

We have got to elect Joe Biden quick.

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Oct 14, 2020

I think my views haven't changed. We have got to continue finding ways to depoliticize the court.

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Oct 14, 2020

Here, it is just raw, naked power politics, from people who don't care about how everybody's doing out here in our communities. And it's unconscionable.

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