Sorry to those making modern life possible. You just aren't doing enough to be remembered in the history books.
NPR (1/21/21) reports: "Senate confirmation hearings can get a little heated. But Pete Buttigieg, President Biden's high-profile nominee for secretary of transportation, got a reception that was downright warm...In his confirmation hearing, Buttigieg vowed to enforce safety standards, push for major infrastructure investments and take action on climate change. Climate would have to be a 'central feature' of any infrastructure package under the Biden administration, the former mayor said, arguing that there's a "unique window of opportunity" for investing in infrastructure while also combating global warming. Buttigieg also said that U.S. transportation policy has been too 'auto-centric' and that policy needs to ensure that motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians can coexist on roads...Global warming was at the heart of the most hostile exchange of the hearing, when Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, challenged Buttigieg over Biden's decision to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline permit. Cruz highlighted the union jobs lost as a result. Buttigieg argued that the administration's climate actions would, taken as a whole, create more union jobs than they eliminated, while also tackling an urgent crisis. 'When the books are written about our careers, one of the main things we'll be judged on is whether we did enough to stop the destruction of life and property due to climate change,' he told Cruz."
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"We’re running out of time. Experts tell us that we have 10 years to get on the right path, or global warming will reach catastrophic levels by 2050, but the timeline that compels us to act isn’t set by Congress—it’s being dictated by science."
– Pete Buttigieg,
former mayor of South Bend, Indiana
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