Buttigieg: Rail strike would force Americans to boil their water and economy would grind to a halt!

Pete Buttigieg said Americans would be forced to boil their water to make sure it's clean and multiple areas of the economy would be crippled if there was a rail strike on December 9.

The Transportation Secretary painted a grim picture of how worker walkout would impact the Holiday season as he urged the Senate to get a bill passed and onto President Biden's desk.

'There is no substitute in the U.S. for functioning freight rail, and if a shut down were to occur, that's not just shutting down our trains, it's really shutting down our economy,' Buttigieg told MSNBC's Morning Joe program on Thursday.

The House passed two pieces of legislation Wednesday, one to avoid a strike and one on giving railroad workers at least seven days of paid sick leave.

The measures will now need to pass the Senate before going to President Joe Biden's desk, which Buttigieg, and other White House officials, say needs to happen by the weekend at the latest.

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