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Pete Buttigieg: “The biggest investment in passenger rail in 50 years, since…”

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

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And there's all kinds of reasons why, and we can dig in on that. But I think the basic reason why is you get what you pay for. Right. So what we did was The biggest investment in passenger rail in 50 years, since Amtrak was set up in the first place. And even that's kind of a down payment on what's going to be needed in the long run. But also working. You mentioned Brightline, right. Running from Las Vegas to Southern California. (10:46–10:51)

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