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Pete Buttigieg: “We saw a lot of growth in the share of contracting dollars…”

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 14:19

… all around the metro area and some of which wound up working on the renovation of the airport a generation or two later. So it can work with intention. And We saw a lot of growth in the share of contracting dollars going to small and disadvantaged businesses on my watch. But I think we have to really pay attention to that and not just talk about it in kind of academic terms. Yeah, I recently had a conversation. (14:19–14:27)

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