Pete Buttigieg

We recognize that we won't be able to have a full nationally built-out high-speed network just with this 5-year authorization.

There is no doubt that a shutdown would negatively impact U.S. transportation.

The staffing level at the N90 TRACON is, in my view, unacceptable.

I know that it's going to require aggressive action. But I also know it's going to lead to fewer cases of asthma in and around those port communities, in addition to the other benefits that are going to come from that reduction in…

We are enthusiastic about passenger rail in general, high-speed rail in particular.

We need to make sure we have the workforce ready to deliver on all of these projects.

We want to make sure that this project receives every due consideration and prioritization.

I think it is a very legitimate use of transportation dollars, and we would welcome a chance to work with you.

Some of what I have seen in the runup to this debate has included provisions that would cut railroad safety inspections.

This is a very important policy. It also represents the most comprehensive changes to date for the DBE program.

We know it's going to be a lot of private-sector work, too, but we've got to make sure we're doing our part with public policy.

I will commit to speaking to the FAA about how to make sure that process is prompt, consistent of course with our responsibilities.

Climate change is real, we've got to do something about it.

Either the EV revolution is going to be made in China, or it's going to be made in America.

That is also under active consideration and part of what will be addressed in the rulemaking.

I don't want us to act as though we have no responsibility to do better this time in the 2020s.

If Federal dollars went into that exclusion, our view is that Federal dollars ought to go into something more fair this time around.

We know that that personal net worth cap puts many business owners of DBEs in the position of being, as one business owner said to me, too big to be small for Federal purposes, but too small to be big and grow the way that you're supposed…

Had there been more opportunity to respond to Representative Stauber, I would have mentioned the work that we are doing to onshore, reshore, and friendshore the supply chain for electric vehicle batteries.

The railroad crossing elimination program is one of the most timely and needed things that was in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

There are others who believe that we should force Americans to be in the technology of the past forever, and then there's this administration, which recognizes that the world is moving to EVs, with or without us.

I got involved and stood with the UAW to save those jobs, and I'll always be with auto jobs being preserved.

To me it means fairness.

The Safe Routes to School funding was an important part of how we were able to improve the way that many kids were able to get to where they were going.

This concern was recently echoed by United States Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg.