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Shuster rules out gas tax hike for highway funding; LaHood continues push for 10-cent gas tax hike
Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) has has pulled a federal gas tax hike off the table of options for transportation funding. Shuster, chairman of the House Transportation Committee, said Tuesday at an event hosted by Building America’s Future (BAF) and Bloomberg Government that “economically, it’s not the time” to increase the fuel tax, The Hill reports. […]
February 5, 2014
Roadbuilding
LaHood joins Building America’s Future as co-chair
Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood joins Building America’s Future (BAF) as the organization’s new co-chair, BAF announced Wednesday. LaHood joins co-chairs Michael Bloomberg, former mayor of New York City, as well as Ed Rendell, former governor of Pennsylvania. LahHood, Bloomberg and Rendell called on lawmakers to take action for infrastructure investments. “While there is […]
January 8, 2014
Roadbuilding
Metro-North derailment demonstrates need for infrastructure investment, says LaHood
A commuter train in New York derailed Sunday, and former U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is pointing to the crash as an example of the need for investment in transportation infrastructure. The southbound Metro-North train, which was carrying about 150 passengers, derailed in the Bronx around 7:20 a.m. on Sunday, killing four passengers and injuring 60 […]
December 5, 2013
Roadbuilding
Chamber of Commerce president calls for gas tax increase
Less than a week after former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood suggested a 10-cent-per-gallon tax hike, the idea of a fuel tax increase is getting more buzz. Thomas Donohue, president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, said Monday at a breakfast hosted by The Christian Science Monitor that Congress should consider raising the federal gas tax, […]
October 22, 2013
Roadbuilding
LaHood suggests 10-cent-per-gallon gas tax hike
Former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has suggested raising the gas tax by 10 cents per gallon. LaHood said this week that Congress should increase the federal gas tax, which has been 18.4 cents per gallon since 1993, to 28.4 cents per gallon, The Hill reports. DC radio station WAMU 88.5 notes that LaHood said at […]
October 17, 2013
Business
Senate confirms Anthony Foxx as next Secretary of Transportation
In a unanimous vote Thursday, the Senate confirmed Anthony Foxx as Secretary of Transportation, our sister site Better Roads reported. Foxx succeeds Ray LaHood, who announced in January that he would step down as soon as a successor was found. There was little to no doubt that Foxx would earn the confirmation. He breezed through […]
June 28, 2013
Business
Senate Committee approves nomination of Anthony Foxx for Secretary of Transportation
As expected, Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx’s confirmation as the next U.S. Secretary of Transportation is going smoothly. On Monday, the Senate Committee for Commerce Science and Transportation approved his nomination, according to our sister site Better Roads. Foxx’s nomination will now go before the full Senate. The Senate committee’s chairman, Jay Rockefeller, D-WV, urged committee […]
June 12, 2013
Roadbuilding
Senate Transportation Committee approves Foxx nomination
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Monday unanimously approved the nomination of Anthony Foxx for Secretary of Transportation. At the committee’s business meeting, where it considered Foxx for the USDOT position and Penny Pritzker as Secretary of Commerce, Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) urged his colleagues to move quickly with the approval […]
June 11, 2013
Business
A pros-and-cons overview of available options for funding transportation infrastructure
The partial collapse of the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River near Seattle has put a big and bright spotlight on the need for more funding for transportation and infrastructure needs in this country. Now attention turns to the lawmakers tasked with figuring it out. During a meeting in Washington, D.C. of the Transportation […]
June 10, 2013
Roadbuilding
USDOT, DHS team up to prevent human trafficking
Outgoing U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting Deputy Commissioner Kevin K. McAleenan, along with Delta Air Lines Chief Executive Officer Richard Anderson and JetBlue Airways Senior Vice President for Government Affairs and Associate General Counsel Robert Land, today announced a new partnership to combat human trafficking. Under the partnership, […]
June 6, 2013
Business
LaHood expects big Obama announcement on transportation, comments on I-5 bridge collapse
During a recent talk before the Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) in Washington, D.C., outgoing Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told those in attendance to expect a big announcement from President Barack Obama later this year concerning transportation infrastructure. “Once we get past immigration, guns, the sequester, I think the President is going to be big and bold […]
June 6, 2013
Roadbuilding
Inhofe: Obama’s $500 billion to $600 billion reauthorization bill “not going to happen”
Oklahoma conservative Republican Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK), who has “been through,” as a he puts it, eight reauthorization bills, said after hearing outgoing Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood say President Obama’s goal was $500 billion to $600 billion long-term reauthorization bill: “It’s not going to happen.” But, he said, a long term, well-funded bill is […]
June 5, 2013
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