… hung up a call with my staff who were preparing me for congressional testimony coming up in a couple of days. I remember marveling at how much of an apparatus There were about 50 people on standby to help me with any question I might have, even if I woke up in the middle of the night. saying. Saying, wait a minute, what's going on with the Maritime Administration? I could activate the whole apparatus to help me answer that question. And I was feeling very important. (29:44–29:54)
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Asserts that Pete Buttigieg had a team of about 50 people available to assist him with questions during his tenure as Secretary.
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