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THE BIDEN ADNMINISTRATION THE BIG DEAL MSNBC: Secy. Buttigieg has a name for Biden’s infrastructure accomplishments: ‘The Big Deal’ PLAY YOUTUBE VIDEO Original article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN50kLvCTG8 Peter Burgess COMMENTARY I like Pete Buttigieg ... he is serious and he is 'fact' based. This is such a contrast with Donald Trump and the MAGA folk who think that Trump walks on water! I am delighted that Pete Buttigieg has introduced the concept of Biden and 'A Big Deal' ... reflecting the amazing legislative program that Biden has passed into law. TO BE EXPANDED ...... Peter Burgess
Secy. Buttigieg has a name for Biden’s infrastructure accomplishments: ‘The Big Deal’ MSNBC Nov 15, 2024 7.58M subscribers ... 94,407 views ... 3.3K likes #Biden #PeteButtigieg #infrastructure Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg joins MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss the “transformative investments” made to infrastructure by President Biden that he calls “The Big Deal” that will be creating jobs and improving lives for years to come: “If I were to visit three projects a day for the rest of my life, I still would not live long enough to see all of them.” » Subscribe to MSNBC: / msnbc » Subscribe to MSNBC on TikTok / msnbc » Subscribe to MSNBC on Instagram / msnbc Download our new MSNBC app for the latest breaking news and daily headlines at a glance: https://www.msnbc.com/information/dow... Follow MSNBC Show Blogs MaddowBlog: https://www.msnbc.com/maddowblog ReidOut Blog: https://www.msnbc.com/reidoutblog MSNBC delivers breaking news, in-depth analysis of politics headlines, as well as commentary and informed perspectives. Find video clips and segments from The Rachel Maddow Show, Morning Joe, The Beat with Ari Melber, Deadline: White House, The ReidOut, All In, Last Word, 11th Hour, and Alex Wagner who brings her breadth of reporting experience to MSNBC primetime. Watch “Alex Wagner Tonight” Tuesday through Friday at 9pm Eastern. Connect with MSNBC Online Visit msnbc.com: https://www.msnbc.com/ Subscribe to the MSNBC Daily Newsletter: https://link.msnbc.com/join/5ck/msnbc... #Biden #PeteButtigieg #infrastructure Transcript 0:02 TO APPOINT THE WORST NOMINEES EVER PRESENTED TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE. THE TRUMP NEWS IS COMING AT US LIKE A FIRE HOSE ONCE AGAIN. AND INSTEAD OF GETTING DROWNED IN THAT FIRE HOSE TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WHAT I HOPE IS A SERIES OF REPORTS TO VOTERS THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL TO VOTER PARTICIPATION IN A DEMOCRACY. MOST IMPORTANT THING TO KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT A BALLOT, IS WHAT YOU ARE VOTING FOR. AND THAT ISN'T EASY TO DO, BECAUSE YOUR ONLY CHOICE ON THE BALLOT IS WHO YOU ARE VOTING FOR. MANY VOTERS MISTAKENLY THOUGHT, WHEN THEY VOTED FOR DONALD TRUMP, THAT THEY WERE VOTING FOR SOMEONE WHO WOULD GET THINGS DONE IN THEIR COMMUNITY. THAT'S BECAUSE MOST OF US, VERY MUCH INCLUDING ME, DON'T ALWAYS KNOW WHO TO CREDIT FOR THE GOOD THINGS OR BAD THINGS 1:01 GOVERNMENT HAS DONE. WHO DID THAT? WHO BUILT THAT NEW BRIDGE? WHO REBUILT OUR AIRPORT TO MAKE IT A STATE OF THE ART AIRPORT? WHY DID THAT NEW CHIPS FACTORY LOCATE IN THAT TOWN? WHO DID THAT? THE ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS ARE CRITICAL TO INFORMED VOTER PARTICIPATION IN A DEMOCRACY. PEOPLE WILL AUTOMATICALLY GET REFUNDS FROM AIRLINES NEXT YEAR WHEN THEIR FLIGHTS ARE CANCELED, AND THEY WON'T KNOW THAT JOE BIDEN DID THAT. PEOPLE WILL BE DRIVING OVER BRIDGES WITH THEIR KIDS IN THE BACKSEAT NOT KNOWING THAT BRIDGE WAS REBUILT AND MADE SAFER BY JOE BIDEN. IT WOULD TAKE MUCH MORE THAN THE FULL HOUR OF THIS PROGRAM TO DESCRIBE WHAT JOE BIDEN DID AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. BUT FOR MOST OTHER PRESIDENTS, IT WOULD TAKE LESS THAN AN HOUR TO DESCRIBE WHAT THEY DID IN THE PRESIDENCY. DONALD TRUMP, IN FOUR YEARS, DID TAX CUTS AND TARIFFS THAT RAISED PRICES, AND HE BUILT A 2:01 LITTLE BIT OF WALL AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER. NOT 2,300 MILES OF BORDER WALL. JUST A TINY FRACTION OF THAT. THAT'S WHAT HE DID. YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD MANY TIMES ON THIS PROGRAM THAT WHAT JOE BIDEN BUILT AS PRESIDENT COMPARES ONLY TO WHAT FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT DID IN 12 YEARS AS PRESIDENT BEFORE TERM LIMITS. HIS PROGRAM THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING ABOUT HOW WE LIVE IN AMERICA WAS CALLED THE NEW DEAL. THE MOST POVERTY STRICKEN GROUP OF AMERICANS WERE THE ELDERLY. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT CREATED SOCIAL SECURITY THAT NEVER EXISTED BEFORE. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ENACTED THE FIRST MINIMUM WAGE, MASSIVE INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY THAT PROVIDED JOBS AND IMPROVED COMMUNITIES ALL OVER. EVERYWHERE WE LIVE IN THIS COUNTRY. DONALD TRUMP KEPT PROMISING AN 3:02 INFRASTRUCTURE BILL WHEN HE 3:02 WAS PRESIDENT AND KEPT HAVING 3:06 INFRASTRUCTURE WEEKS AND DID 3:07 ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. 3:08 THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION 3:09 DIDN'T WRITE ONE SENTENCE OF 3:10 AN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL, NEVER 3:12 MIND HAVE A VOTE ON IT. 3:14 THERE SHOULD BE A NAME FOR 3:17 WHAT JOE BIDEN DID. 3:19 FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT CAME UP 3:19 WITH THE NAME THE NEW DEAL 3:21 WHEN HE WAS RUNNING FOR 3:23 PRESIDENT FOR THE FIRST TIME 3:24 IN 1932, THE MIDDLE OF THE 3:28 WORST DEPRESSION IN THE 20th 3:33 CENTURY. 3:33 HE PROMISED AMERICA WHAT HE 3:35 CALLED A NEW DEAL, AND 3:36 REPORTERS STARTED REFERRING TO 3:38 THE NEW DEAL IN THE FIRST YEAR 3:39 OF THE ROOSEVELT PRESIDENCY, 3:40 AND WE STILL TALK ABOUT IT 3:42 TODAY AS THE MOST IMPORTANT 3:44 TURNING POINT IN THE 3:46 DEFINITION OF WHAT WAS 3:47 POSSIBLE IN AMERICA 3:47 GOVERNMENT. 3:48 WHAT JOE BIDEN DID SHOULD HAVE 3:52 A NAME LIKE THAT. 3:52 EVERYONE KNEW WHAT YOU MEANT 3:54 WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT 3:57 THE NEW DEAL IN 1934 OR 1944 4:00 OR 1954. 4:01 OUR NEXT GUEST HAS A NAME FOR 4:05 WHAT JOE BIDEN DID. 4:06 >> PRESIDENT BIDEN UNDERSTANDS 4:08 THAT POLICY IS ABOUT EVERY DAY 4:09 LIFE. 4:10 >> THE MIDDLE CLASS BUILT THE 4:11 COUNTRY. 4:11 >> IT'S ABOUT PEOPLE. 4:12 >> AND UNIONS BUILT THE MIDDLE 4:14 CLASS. 4:14 >> HE DOESN'T JUST SEE A ROAD 4:16 OR A BRIDGE. 4:17 HE SEES SOMEBODY'S COMMUTE 4:20 HOME BACK TO THEIR FAMILY. 4:24 HE DOESN'T JUST SEE SHIPS IN 4:27 PORTS AND SUPPLY CHAINS. 4:30 HE SEES WAYS TO GET WHAT WE 4:32 NEED AT THE GROCERY STORE. 4:33 THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT. 4:35 A BELIEF IN HOW TO USE 4:37 GOVERNMENT TO SOLVE PROBLEMS, 4:38 THE RECOGNITION OF WHAT WE'RE 4:39 UP AGAINST, AND A LEVEL OF 4:41 AMBITION. 4:41 I THINK ALL OF THAT IS WHAT 4:43 HAS ADDED UP INTO THE ENORMOUS 4:45 PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE IN 4:47 RECENT YEARS. 4:47 SOMETHING COLLECTIVELY I LIKE 4:52 TO THINK OF AS THE BIG DEAL. 4:54 >> TONIGHT WE HAVE 4:55 TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETE 4:56 BUTTIGIEG. 4:56 THE BIG DEAL. 4:59 LET'S GET IT STARTED RIGHT 4:59 NOW. 5:00 LET'S SEE IF IT CAN CATCH ON. 5:01 >> I HOPE IT DOES. 5:03 YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, I 5:06 THINK IT'S A BIDEN-LIKE TURN 5:07 OF PHRASE, BUT ALSO THE ONLY 5:11 WAY TO REALLY CAPTURE THE 5:13 TRANSFORMATIVE INVESTMENTS 5:14 MADE, CERTAINLY IN 5:15 TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE, 5:15 THE PART I'VE HAD THE HONOR 5:17 AND PRIVILEGE OF WORKING ON. 5:19 BUT ALSO THE REMOVAL OF LEAD 5:24 PIPES THAT HAVE BEEN POISONING 5:27 CHILDREN FOR DECADES IN THIS 5:29 COUNTRY, THE EXTENSION OF 5:31 BROAD BAND INTERNET TO 5:33 MILLIONS OF HOUSEHOLDS. 5:34 UNLIKE OTHER MOMENTS IN OUR 5:35 INFRASTRUCTURE HISTORY THAT 5:36 HAD A SINGLE PIECE OF 5:39 INFRASTRUCTURE CHANGED, THINK 5:42 ABOUT THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 5:43 PROGRAM UNDER EISENHOWER, A 5:44 MASSIVE ACHIEVEMENT, BUT IT 5:46 WAS ONE THING. 5:46 THIS IS HARD TO CHARACTERIZE 5:47 BECAUSE IT TOUCHES SO MANY 5:49 THINGS THAT THE ONLY THING THE 5:52 DIFFERENT INVESTMENTS REALLY 5:54 HAVE IN COMMON IS THE SCALE, 5:59 THE SCOPE, AND THE 6:00 IMAGINATION. 6:00 AND THE IDEA THAT WHEN 6:06 CONFRONTED WITH A CRISIS, MUCH 6:08 LIKE ROOSEVELT WAS, PRESIDENT 6:09 BIDEN SAID LET'S SOLVE BOTH 6:10 SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM 6:11 PROBLEMS, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS 6:13 DECADE OF INFRASTRUCTURE IS 6:14 ALL ABOUT. 6:16 >> HOW, HOW DO WE GET VOTERS 6:19 TO UNDERSTAND WHO DID THAT? 6:20 THIS FUNDAMENTAL THING? 6:21 ALL THEY GET IN THE VOTING 6:23 BOOTH IS A NAME, AND THEY 6:25 DON'T KNOW WHY ARE THINGS 6:27 RUNNING SO MUCH BETTER IN MY 6:34 TOWN OR IN MY STATE BECAUSE OF 6:36 THINGS PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT 6:38 DID. 6:39 MAYBE THE GOVERNOR, THE MAYOR. 6:39 >> YEAH, AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 6:41 BEEN OUT THERE WORKING WITH 6:43 GOVERNORS AND MAYORS BECAUSE 6:45 ONE OF MY FAVORITE RULES OF 6:47 POLITICAL MATHEMATICS IS 6:47 SOMEHOW IT WORKS OUT THAT IF 6:49 TWO WILLING PARTIES SHARE 6:51 CREDIT FOR SOMETHING LIKE 6:53 THIS, EACH PARTY WALKS AWAY 6:53 WITH TWO-THIRDS OF THE CREDIT, 6:55 AND IT CAN BE A BEAUTIFUL 6:57 THING. 6:57 OF COURSE, WE'VE ALSO SEEN 6:59 PEOPLE TRYING TO TAKE CREDIT 7:02 FOR PROJECTS -- 7:02 >> REALLY? 7:03 REALLY? 7:03 >> I TRY NOT TO BE CYNICAL 7:05 ABOUT THIS, BUT AGAIN WE'VE 7:07 OFTEN SEEN REPUBLICAN MEMBERS 7:09 OF THE HOUSE TELLING THEIR 7:10 CONSTITUENTS I DELIVERED THIS 7:11 PROJECT -- 7:14 >> LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THE 7:16 MECHANICS OF THIS BECAUSE YOU 7:18 HAVE TRANSPORTATION, A HUGE 7:19 PIECE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE 7:20 BILL. 7:20 I KNOW HOW THAT WORKS, I WAS 7:22 THE CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE 7:24 ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC WORKS 7:25 COMMITTEE IN THE SENATE WHICH 7:25 HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE 7:27 INFRASTRUCTURE BILL. 7:28 AND SO I KNOW WHEN YOU PASS 7:32 ONE OF THESE LAWS, THE 7:35 TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY GETS 7:37 CALLS, GETS LETTERS FROM 7:38 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS SAYING CAN 7:40 YOU PLEASE MAKE SURE THIS 7:42 PROJECT IN MY DISTRICT, IN MY 7:44 TOWN GETS FUNDED. 7:46 HAVE YOU BEEN GETTING THOSE 7:47 REQUESTS AS SECRETARY FROM 7:49 REPUBLICANS WHO VOTED AGAINST 7:53 THIS? 7:53 >> ALL THE TIME. 7:54 YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 7:54 >> WHY DON'T YOU JUST RUN UP 7:58 TO A MICROPHONE EVERY DAY YOU 8:01 GET ONE -- 8:01 >> OH, IT'S SO TEMPTING. 8:02 BUT PRESIDENT BIDEN MADE IT 8:04 CLEAR THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO 8:06 PUNISH AMERICANS, 8:07 CONSTITUENTS, FOR THE BEHAVIOR 8:11 OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES. 8:12 >> OH, SURE, I MEAN PUNISH THE 8:15 PEOPLE THAT VOTED FOR THEM. 8:16 >> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO 8:18 CALL THEM OUT, AND IT'S 8:19 IMPORTANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY 8:20 THIS INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE 8:20 DIDN'T JUST HAPPEN. 8:21 WE TALK ABOUT IT NOW LIKE IT 8:22 COULDN'T HAVE BEEN ANY OTHER 8:23 WAY. 8:24 IT WAS THREE YEARS AGO THIS 8:25 WEEK THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN 8:27 SIGNED IT. 8:28 BUT, YOU KNOW, THREE YEARS AND 8:30 TWO MONTHS AGO, EVERYBODY IN 8:34 THIS TOWN WAS WRITING 8:35 POLITICAL OBITUARIES FOR THAT 8:36 PIECE OF LEGISLATION AGAIN AND 8:38 AGAIN. 8:40 >> INCLUDING ME. 8:42 I'VE SAID THIS TO THE 8:44 PRESIDENT THAT THE REASON IS 8:46 WHEN I WORKED IN THE SENATE, 8:48 IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN 8:50 POSSIBLE. 8:50 IT WAS A 50/50 SENATE. 8:53 WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE VOTES. 8:54 WE USED TO HAVE 57 DEMOCRATS 8:56 AND STRUGGLE TO GET STUFF DONE 8:58 IN A MUCH MORE COOPERATIVE 8:59 ENVIRONMENT. 9:00 AND SO I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT 9:01 PLAYED A RUN TO GET THESE 9:03 DONE, GET THIS DONE. 9:03 BUT JOE BIDEN DID. 9:05 AND ONCE I SAW THAT HAPPEN, I 9:06 JUST SAT BACK NOT KNOWING WHAT 9:08 YOU WERE CAPABLE OF NEXT, AND 9:09 YOU KEPT DOING IT. 9:10 >> YEAH, IT TURNS OUT THAT HIS 9:12 DECADES IN THE SENATE AND IN 9:14 PUBLIC SERVICE REALLY CAME IN 9:16 HANDY. 9:16 AS YOU KNOW, I'M SOMEONE WHO'S 9:17 A BIG BELIEVER IN WHAT A NEW 9:19 GENERATION CAN BRING IN TERMS 9:21 OF LEADERSHIP, BUT I'VE GOT TO 9:22 SAY, I KNOW THERE WERE TIMES I 9:24 THOUGHT IT'S NOT GOING TO 9:25 HAPPEN. 9:26 BUT HE KEPT COMING BACK. 9:27 PEOPLE SAID IT'S FOOLISH TO 9:29 COME BACK AFTER ONE VERSION 9:31 COLLAPSED, HE BROUGHT PEOPLE 9:33 BACK FOR ANOTHER VERSION. 9:33 I SAT IN THE OVAL OFFICE 9:35 WATCHING HIM WITH REPUBLICAN 9:36 AND DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS OF THE 9:37 HOUSE AND SENATE NOT GIVING 9:41 UP, AND SURE ENOUGH THIS 9:43 HAPPENED. 9:44 BUT WHAT'S REALLY STRIKING IS 9:46 IN THE SAME WAY WE HAD 9:47 LEGISLATORS TRY TO TAKE CREDIT 9:50 FOR PROJECTS IN THE LAST FEW 9:51 YEARS, I THINK FOR THE NEXT 9:53 FOUR YEARS, WE'LL SEE AN 9:54 ENTIRE ADMINISTRATION'S 9:55 VERSION OF THAT BECAUSE OF 9:56 COURSE PRESIDENT TRUMP DID NOT 10:00 DELIVER AN INFRASTRUCTURE 10:02 PACKAGE, AND HE OPPOSED THE 10:03 ONE THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN 10:05 DELIVERED. 10:06 BUT FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS 10:07 THERE WILL BE MORE AND MORE 10:09 PROJECTS. 10:09 THE NATURE OF THE PROJECTS IS 10:11 THEY RARELY GET DONE IN ONE 10:13 YEAR OR EVEN THREE YEARS. 10:14 MAYBE TAKE FIVE OR SEVEN 10:16 YEARS. 10:16 THEY'LL BE CREATING JOBS AND 10:17 IMPROVING LIVES, NOT JUST 10:18 DURING THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, 10:19 BUT EVEN BEYOND THAT. 10:23 SO I THINK IT WILL CONTINUE TO 10:25 BE IMPORTANT TO FRANKLY 10:27 COMMUNICATE THAT WE HANDED THE 10:28 NEW PRESIDENT OF THE A LOT 10:29 PROJECTS -- 10:31 >> A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS ARE 10:34 TEN YEARS FROM COMPLETION. 10:35 WHEN THE BRINGS GO OVER TO 10:36 CAPE COD, WHICH IS SOMETHING 10:37 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO 10:40 SOMETHING ABOUT FOR YEARS, 10:41 UNLESS IT'S NAMED THE BIDEN 10:43 BRIDGE, I DON'T THINK PEOPLE 10:44 WILL GET IT. 10:45 IS THERE A WAY, I'VE TRIED TO 10:48 DESCRIBE THE NEW DEAL AND I 10:51 COME UP WITH VERSIONS OF IT 10:54 FROM TIME TO TIME. 10:55 AND THERE'S BEEN SO MANY BOOKS 10:56 WRITTEN ABOUT IT, AND I THINK 10:58 THOSE THAT KNOW HAVE A HANDLE 11:00 ON IT AND KNOW THAT IT 11:02 INCLUDES EXTENSIONS OF 11:03 HUMANITY WE DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE 11:05 LIKE CHILD LABOR LAWS. 11:06 EVERYTHING FROM CHILD LABOR 11:07 LAWS TO GIANT INFRASTRUCTURE 11:10 PROJECTS. 11:10 IS THERE A WAY OF DESCRIBING 11:12 THE BIG DEAL THAT YOU CAN GET 11:15 ACROSS TO PEOPLE IN A CLEAR 11:20 WAY? 11:20 I REMEMBER, LIKE LBJ BROUGHT 11:21 ELECTRICITY TO RURAL TEXAS. 11:23 THAT ONE THING WHEN HE WAS IN 11:27 CONGRESS. 11:27 THAT WAS EASY TO REMEMBER. 11:28 AND EVERY TIME YOU TURNED ON 11:29 THE LIGHT, YOU KNOW IT WAS 11:32 LBJ. 11:33 THIS IS 68,000 PROJECTS AROUND 11:34 THE COUNTRY. 11:34 HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN IT? 11:36 >> YEAH, THERE'S NO WAY TO 11:37 CHARACTERIZE IT JUST ONE 11:38 PROJECT AT A TIME. 11:40 I DID THE MATH, AND I THINK IF 11:41 I WERE TO VISIT THREE PROJECTS 11:42 A DAY FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE, 11:45 I STILL WOULD NOT LIVE LONG 11:46 ENOUGH TO SEE ALL OF THEM. 11:47 SO I THINK A BETTER WAY TO 11:49 THINK OF IT IS WHAT THEY ALL 11:51 HAVE IN COMMON. 11:51 NOT JUST THESE, BUT THE OTHER 11:54 STEPS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE 11:56 UNDER THE PRESIDENT'S 11:58 LEADERSHIP. 11:59 THINGS IN OUR DEPARTMENT LIKE 12:00 AVIATION CONSUMER PROTECTION. 12:01 THINGS THAT TOOK PLACE OUTSIDE 12:02 OF MY DEPARTMENT THAT HAVE 12:03 MADE EVERY DAY LIFE EASIER 12:04 FROM GETTING HEARING AIDS OVER 12:07 THE COUNTER TO THE FTC'S RULE 12:08 THAT NOW SAYS IF YOU SIGN UP 12:11 FOR SOMETHING LIKE A GYM 12:12 MEMBERSHIP OR NEWSPAPER 12:13 SUBSCRIPTION, IT SHOULD BE 12:17 JUST AS EASY TO CANCEL. 12:19 WHAT DO THEY HAVE IN COMMON? 12:19 ONE, RECOGNIZING THE SCALE OF 12:22 THE PROBLEMS THAT FACE THE 12:24 COUNTRY. 12:25 TWO, RECOGNIZING THAT 12:25 GOVERNMENT, NOT ALWAYS BIG 12:27 GOVERNMENT, BUT THE RIGHT KIND 12:29 OF GOVERNMENT CAN BE A 12:30 SOLUTION IF USED IN THE RIGHT 12:32 WAY. 12:33 AND THEN THREE, NOT BEING 12:34 AFRAID TO ACTUALLY BRING THOSE 12:35 TOOLS TO BEAR IN A BIG WAY. 12:37 AND THAT'S CERTAINLY WHAT 12:38 HAPPENED IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE 12:38 SPACE. 12:39 WHEN WE GOT HERE, THE 12:41 PRESIDENT WAS CONFRONTED WITH 12:43 SOME OF THE MOST ENORMOUS AND 12:45 MULTIPLIED PROBLEMS EVER TO 12:46 HIT THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. 12:48 IT'S ALMOST EASY TO FORGET 12:49 JUST HOW DRAMATIC IT WAS. 12:51 LIKE RIGHT NOW WE'RE FOCUSED 12:53 ON GETTING THE AIRLINES THE 12:54 TREAT PASSENGERS BETTER. 12:55 BACK THEN IT WAS MAKING SURE 12:57 THE AIRLINE SECTOR DID NOT 12:58 COMPLETELY GO OUT OF BUSINESS 12:59 IN THIS COUNTRY. 13:01 SO IT WAS RECOGNIZING THAT SET 13:03 OF PROBLEMS. 13:04 USING GOVERNMENT TOOLS, IN 13:04 THIS CASE MAKING SURE THAT 13:06 THERE WAS A RESCUE TO KEEP 13:08 THOSE AIRLINES IN BUSINESS, 13:09 AND THEN TURNING AROUND, AS WE 13:11 FACED A NEW SET OF PROBLEMS 13:15 LIKE THE LATEST CANCELLATIONS, 13:16 CUSTOMER SERVICE HEADACHE, AND USING OUR TOOLS AS A DEPARTMENT TO CONFRONT THOSE. SO YES, THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WENT ON IN THIS ADMINISTRATION THAT I THINK VOLUMES WILL BE WRITTEN FOR THE REST OF MY LIFETIME ABOUT THEIR IMPACT. BUT THEY DO HAVE THAT PATTERN IN COMMON

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