"I'm not discouraged and I'm not checking out and I'm not giving up. How can we give up? We don't even have the right to give up." – Pete Buttigieg This whole clip is worth watching: https://t.co/vu4jvi1IlP

US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg spoke at the Ford School of Public Policy about transportation, public service, sustainability and equitable development.

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