Secretary Pete Buttigieg is speaking from the I-81 Highway in Syracuse, New York about the importance of centering equity and racial justice in our infrastructure projects.

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Transportation on June 29. It is reproduced in full below.

Secretary Buttigieg gives remarks on infrastructure and the I-81 highway in Syracuse, New York - joined by Majority Leader Schumer, Senator Gillibrand, Representative John Katko, Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh, and other local leaders.

Source: U.S. Department of Transportation