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Pete Buttigieg: “Probably the number one thing I wish we could have done…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 41:45

I'll try to keep it short because there's so much to say here. Let me take it in reverse order because there was a lot of unfinished business when we left. Probably the number one thing I wish we could have done gotten through was the Railway Safety Act. After that terrible derailment, a lot of the people who were quick to politicize it were not so quick to support legislation to do something about it. (41:45–41:51)

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Asserts that the Railway Safety Act has not been passed and is considered unfinished business.

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