Former presidential candidate-turned-Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has a pricey task before him: how to spend $600 billion over 5 years to rebuild the nation’s infrastructure. <br /><br />He sat down with News Not Noise to tell us about some of those projects and how he believes they’ll benefit citizens across the nation. We tackle some big issues: inflation, climate change, the DOT’s work to ease holiday travel challenges and the midterms: why democracy is on the ballot this year.<br /><br />He tells us why even in the face of political extremism, he's still optimistic about the country's future.<br /><br />You can check out the airline dashboard he mentions here:<br /><a href="https://bit.ly/3FKMjAs" rel="noopener">https://bit.ly/3FKMjAs</a><br /><br />And here’s a White House document detailing their infrastructure plans:<br /><a href="https://bit.ly/3WqB0DD" rel="noopener">https://bit.ly/3WqB0DD</a><br /><br />Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg<br />➤Twitter: twitter.com/SecretaryPete<br />➤Instagram: instagram.com/secretarypete<br />➤Facebook: facebook.com/SecretaryPete <br /><br />You can follow Jessica Yellin here:<br />➤Instagram: instagram.com/jessicayellin​<br />➤Twitter: twitter.com/jessicayellin<br />➤Twitter: twitter.com/newsnotnoise<br />➤Facebook: facebook.com/newsnotnoise<br />➤YouTube: youtube.com/newsnotnoise<br />➤Website: NewsNotNoise.com<br />➤Newsletter: newsnotnoise.bulletin.com<br /><br />Support this work:<br />➤patreon.com/NewsNotNoise<br /><br />Jessica Yellin is the founder of News Not Noise, a channel dedicated to giving you news with real experts and providing facts, not panic attacks. <br /><br />Jessica is a veteran of network news, traveling the globe, covering conflict and crisis. A former Chief White House Correspondent for CNN, she reported from around the world and won awards. <br /><br />Now, Yellin uses her voice to break down the news, calmly and clearly for you -- free of punditry, provocation, and yelling.