Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg speaks about the Hernando Desoto Bridge at an event in Downtown Memphis June 3, 2021. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg talks to Senator Marsha Blackburn while visiting Memphis June 3, 2021. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
FedEx regional president of the Americas Richard Smith (center) and CEO Raj Subramaniam walk into a meeting with Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg June 3, 2021. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg listens to FedEx president and CEO Raj Subramaniam while visiting Memphis June 3, 2021. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn talks during a meeting with Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg in Memphis June 3, 2021. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg sits down with local elected officials and FedEx executives while visiting Memphis June 3, 2021. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg shakes hands with U.S. Rep Steve Cohen after speaking at the Tennessee Welcome Center Downtown June 3, 2021. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg speaks in Downtown Memphis, Tennessee June 3, 2021. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland hands U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen his cane after speaking Downtown on June 3, 2021. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Greater Memphis Chamber President Beverly Robertson and Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg speak after an event Downtown on June 3, 2021. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg shakes hands with Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland Downtown on June 3, 2021. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
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