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May 15, 2013

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From Tarmac to Takeoff, Let’s Ensure Safety of Our Aircraft

Sitting in an airplane, taxiing from gate to runway, the last thing you want to think about is the safety and oversight of the repair work performed on your aircraft. And you wouldn’t have to if the thousands of mechanics and inspectors who work to keep our passenger aircraft flying safely had their way. Represented…
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April 24, 2013

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Speeches Won’t Build a 21st Century Freight Transport System

On any given day in Washington someone important makes a speech about the need to invest in our passenger and freight transportation system and put Americans to work. Routinely that speech doesn’t answer the only question that matters: how do we pay for it? We helped to answer that question today at a special House…
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April 19, 2013

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Sequestration is Not Just Belt-Tightening, It's a Disaster

Starting this Sunday, almost all of the 47,000 workers at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will face unpaid furloughs as the reckless cuts forced by sequestration take hold. FAA workers will lose about one day per pay period until our elected leaders end this sequester nightmare. Not only are FAA workers paying (literally) for the…
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April 18, 2013

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Keep Aviation and Maritime Out of Broad Trade Talks

If it ain’t broke don’t fix it. That’s our message to U.S. government trade negotiators as they enter into talks on a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, or TTIP, with the European Union. We’ve seen how balanced global trade can create good jobs, boost the economy, and open new markets. But we’ve also seen how…
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April 4, 2013

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Bankruptcy Should Not Be a License to Steal

Public pressure is mounting on yet another company — Patriot Coal — attempting to hide behind federal bankruptcy law to strip health care and pensions from more than 20,000 workers and retirees. But more must be done to keep the heat on before another corporation breaks its promises. That is exactly what up to 10,000…
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March 22, 2013

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Transportation Doesn’t Take Weekends Off

I encourage transportation workers everywhere to support the National Association of Letter Carriers this Sunday for its Day of Action to educate and mobilize Americans in support of continuing six-day mail delivery from the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). Postmaster General Patrick Donohoe’s reckless, unilateral move to end Saturday delivery will disproportionately harm those who need…
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March 18, 2013

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Human Trafficking in Our Transportation System

Every day around the world, women, children and men become victims of human trafficking and are exploited for domestic work, sweatshop labor or sex. Too often, those exploited arrive at their destination through our vast transportation system. It’s estimated that 27 million people fall prey to modern-day slave-traders. And if you think this is not…
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March 14, 2013

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Planet Nonsense

I can’t say I’m surprised, but the new House Republican budget has me wondering: What planet are some of our politicians living on? Perhaps a utopian planet where the people are guaranteed middle-class jobs, never get sick or old, and don’t have a stack of credit card, heating or tuition bills to pay? Since we…
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March 8, 2013

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Note to Corporations: Retirement Plan Responsibilities Are Not Optional

If you have a retirement plan and hope to use it one day, you can understand why the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) is fighting against a scam being pulled by Peabody Energy and Arch Coal to shed retiree health and pension obligations via the bankruptcy of its straw man company – Patriot Coal. Peabody, the…
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March 4, 2013

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A Healthy Maritime Industry and Smart Government

There’s plenty of disagreement in Washington over the role of government. For me, “more or less” isn’t the question. What interests me is smart government. Don’t we all want smart policies that keep us strong and competitive? Maritime cargo preference laws help us do that and they need to be strengthened, not undermined. Our cargo…
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