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June 3, 2013

TTD in the news

Politico – Congress loses transportation’s ‘relentless warrior’ with Lautenberg death

[As written by Kathryn Wolfe and Scott Wong in Politico] Amtrak and transportation safety advocates have lost one of their biggest defenders, Sen. Frank Lautenberg, who died Monday morning at the age of 89. The New Jersey Democrat, who chaired a key Senate Commerce panel on transportation and safety, played a role in pushing through…
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May 16, 2013

TTD in the news

Trade Only – Senate passes dredging bill

[As written by Trade Only] Dredging projects critical to navigation, one of several political priorities for the industry, took a step forward Wednesday when the U.S. Senate passed the Water Resources Development Act by a vote of 83-14. “The passage of the Water Resources Development Act today brings much-needed reforms to harbor maintenance funding,” Edward…
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May 15, 2013

Press Releases and Statements

Senate Bill Improves Nation’s Waterways, Boosts American Competitiveness and Jobs

WASHINGTON, DC—Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) President Edward Wytkind issues this statement in support of Senate passage of the Water Resources Development Act (S.601): “The passage of the Water Resources and Development Act today brings much needed reforms to harbor maintenance funding. The bill puts us on a path to fully funding our harbor maintenance…
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May 14, 2013

TTD in the news

AFL-CIO GOING TO BAT FOR WRDA

[As posted by Kathryn Wolfe in Politico] With negotiations ongoing, the Transportation Trades Department of the AFL-CIO is circulating a letter to senators urging support for the WRDA bill. The letter comes as another key Democratic constituency, green groups, are unhappy with the bill’s project streamlining provisions. TTD also urges support for language in the…
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April 30, 2013

TTD in the news

TheTrucker.com – Trucking's reaction to Foxx as DOT chief swift and courteous

[By TheTrucker.com] WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Monday tapped rising Democratic politician Anthony Foxx to lead the Department of Transportation. The afternoon announcement at the White House was only a formality; the White House leaked Foxx’s impending nomination Sunday. Reaction to the announcement from the trucking industry was swift — and courteous. “On behalf…
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April 29, 2013

TTD in the news

The Hill – Obama taps Charlotte Mayor Foxx for secretary of Transportation

[By Keith Laing of The Hill] President Obama on Monday officially nominated Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx (D) to be the next U.S. Transportation secretary. Obama introduced Foxx at the White House and said the Charlotte, N.C., mayor would bring experience implementing transportation programs at the local level to the top transportation job in his Cabinet.…
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April 29, 2013

Press Releases and Statements

Statement on Nomination of Anthony Foxx as Next Secretary of Transportation

WASHINGTON, DC—The following statement was issued today by Edward Wytkind, president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), in reaction to the nomination of Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx as Secretary of Transportation: “I want to congratulate Mayor Anthony Foxx for his nomination by President Obama as the next Secretary of Transportation. Mayor Foxx is assuming…
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April 29, 2013

Press Releases and Statements

Workers Memorial Day a Reminder of Needed Transportation Safety Reforms

WASHINGTON, DC—The following statement was issued today by Edward Wytkind, president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), in observance of Workers Memorial Day, April 28, 2013: “The horrific death last week of a New York City subway worker is just one of many tragic reminders of the dangers that confront transportation workers on the…
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March 20, 2013

TTD in the news

National Journal – Belt-Tightening? Hardly

[As posted by Ed Wytkind in the National Journal] The budget cuts being imposed on the FAA for the remainder of the year, and the cascading effects the reckless sequester will have on air travel, are hardly akin to trimming a little fat. So let’s stop calling the sequestration a 2.5 percent “belt-tightening” for the FAA.…
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March 19, 2013

TTD in the news

National Journal—Buying American is So American

[As posted by Ed Wytkind in the National Journal] What’s so complicated about spending American taxpayer dollars to put Americans to work? That’s the motivation behind our endorsement of policies that condition America’s investment in new streetcars, buses and rail cars on making those products here in America. Seriously, is there a poll that says…
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