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  For example Ro Khanna and bernie asked Buttigieg to implement fines & penalties on airlines for cancelling flights but he ignored/delayed implementing them.
  
  Because that's not how it works, as both Khanna and Bernie should know perfectly well. He can't just implement fines on a whim without clear rules and investigations, that would be abuse of power (and quickly thrown out in court). In order to make a rule there has to be a process that takes a long time and it still has to be based on laws passed by Congress. There are multiple rules on their way through that process, but DOT had to first reverse a decision made in the last months of 2020 that made the process even more difficult.
  None of this would have had any influence on the SWA mess. At all.
context: It told me a lot about Pete’s character when he took paternity leave to be a Dad to a baby that he adopted.  Also told me a lot about the sickos (Tucker) who made light of him. >
  
  TWO pre-mature babies. >
  
  I wish I was half as sharp at Pete.  We need more people like him in public office. >
  
  He's not doing anything about Southwest airlines so i would hope not >
  
  R U sure?  Do you know that for a fact? >
  
  Pete looks great on these shows. He is sharp in coming back against these ridiculous attacks. But it really is more style than substance. 
  For example Ro Khanna and bernie asked Buttigieg to implement fines & penalties on airlines for cancelling flights but he ignored/delayed implementing them. 
  Weeks before southwest fiasco New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) sent a warning of "the deeply troubling and escalating pattern of airlines delaying and canceling flights" particularly during holidays. She outlined various actions he could take to deter the practice.
  The demands for tougher enforcement in a concurrent letter to Buttigieg by Democratic U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Alex Padilla
  One week before the Southwest scheduling disaster, 34 attorneys general led by Colorado Democrat Phil Weiser sent another letter begging Buttigieg to “impose significant fines for cancellations and extended delays that are not weather-related or otherwise unavoidable.”
  It makes sense he isnt doing anything. In recent months, Southwest has been lobbying Buttigieg’s department on “airline customer service and consumer protection issues” and “fare fees,” according to federal filings.