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Pete Buttigieg: “I worked with Congresswoman Sewell to bring $36.6 million…”

Featuring: Pete Buttigieg, Democratic | Former Secretary of Transportation, Former Mayor of South Bend | National

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"We Cannot Give Up," Pete Speaks Live in Selma

Published | Video Starts at 02:05

The past and the present are always interconnected. It's part of why, when I had the honor of serving as Secretary of Transportation, I worked with Congresswoman Sewell to bring $36.6 million here for the Selma to Montgomery Trail. Now, I wish I was just here mentioning that to take a victory lap about it, but that funding was canceled by the current administration in a budget that redirected those dollars toward tax cuts for billionaires and more federal agents on our streets. (02:05–02:14)

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