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Pete Buttigieg: “We caught airlines holding back on refunds and we forced…”

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 07:15

And a lot of them did. It was really interesting, but we knew that wasn't enough. We also had to back it up with rules, with enforcement. We caught airlines holding back on refunds and we forced them to pay. We got more than a billion dollars back into the pockets of passengers. And the other thing we did, and this goes to what you're talking about in terms of just experience of getting through your day, right, or getting through a trip, … (07:15–07:24)

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Asserts that the Department of Transportation enforced airlines to refund over a billion dollars to passengers.

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