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Pete Buttigieg: “We funded [Brightline] with billions of dollars to help make…”

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

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But also working. You mentioned Brightline, right. Running from Las Vegas to Southern California. Incredibly exciting. And part of why I was really excited about that and We funded [Brightline] with billions of dollars to help make it happen. is I would love for the conversation with anybody who comes back from Las Vegas instead of just like, you know, somebody who got back from Japan and they're like, why can't we have this? (11:02–11:06)

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