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Pete Buttigieg: “If something like this is coming to a community or an area…”

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

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Mike Muse Interviews Pete Buttigieg on America's Future, Leadership & Public Service

Published | Video Starts at 33:19

I do think there are places where you need to tap the brakes. And I think the best way to do it is to say, okay, If something like this is coming to a community or an area, there has to be transparency and you have to make investments to offset any of the problems that come with it. Just I'll try to keep this to 10 seconds. But this is the approach we tried to take with roads and highways at the Department of Transportation. (33:19–33:29)

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Asserts the need for transparency and investment to mitigate problems when new developments occur in communities.

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