Pete Buttigieg Shares His Big Ideas for America’s Infrastructure with Anderson Cooper
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United States Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg spoke to Anderson Cooper on 60 Minutes Sunday night.
Thanks to the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure law passed last year, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is overseeing one of the most significant investments in America’s bridges, roads, and rails in more than half a century.
The former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, will play an important role in determining which transportation-related projects receive the new federal funding.
Sunday on 60 Minutes, Sec. Buttigieg told correspondent Anderson Cooper that one of the first things Americans are going to see is “accelerated work on roads and bridges.”
“When it comes to roads and bridges, we haven’t invested at this level since the Eisenhower administration, since they built the interstate highway system in the first place,” Buttigieg told Cooper.
“I do want people to understand, electric charging is going to be a little bit different than gas stations,” Buttigieg told Cooper. “Now, there may be electric charging at gas stations. But one thing you could never do with a gas station is charge at your house.”
Buttigieg thinks electric cars can be a boon to both rural and urban families that currently spend a significant amount of money on gas.
Watch the segment here.
