
Buttigieg: There needs to be 'a clear direction' on infrastructure talks by June 7
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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Sunday that there needs to be "a clear direction" on infrastructure talks by the time Congress returns from its recess next week, calling ongoing negotiations over the administration's sweeping proposal "encouraging" while stressing that the public expects action on the issue soon.
"This week Congress is out of Washington, but it's very much going to be a workweek for us and for the conversations that are ongoing with Congress. By the time that they return, which is June 7, just a week from tomorrow, we need a clear direction," Buttigieg told CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union." "You know, certainly encouraging to see the healthy conversations that have happened over the last days and weeks, but the President keeps saying inaction is not an option and time is not unlimited here," he added. "The American people expect us to do something, they expect us to deliver."
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