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December 1, 2023

TTD on the Hill, News and Media

TTD Supports Bipartisan Legislation To Protect Jobs

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Zach Nunn (IA-03) and Don Davis (NC-01) today introduced legislation to protect Iowa’s jobs in the face of increasing automation in the workforce. The bipartisan Workforce DATA Act requires the U.S. Department of Labor to develop a plan to ensure that automation is a tool to make work easier, not an excuse to eliminate jobs.…
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October 18, 2023

TTD on the Hill, News and Media

NEWS: Following I-95 Collapse, TTD Supports Bill to Make FTA Emergency Response Program Work Better

WASHINGTON, DC – Pennsylvania U.S. Senator John Fetterman, along with fourteen Senate colleagues, today introduced the Transit Emergency Relief Act, a new bill to improve the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) Emergency Response (ER) Program. The bill would bring the FTA ER program into parity with the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) program that serves the same purpose for America’s…
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October 4, 2023

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TTD Supports Letter Calling For Robust Investment In Passenger Rail To Connect Our Communities

WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, Rep. Emilia Sykes (OH-13) led a letter with Reps. Seth Moulton (MA-06), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), Don Bacon (NE-02), and 74 additional House members to House and Senate leadership calling for any upcoming government funding package to include robust funding for Amtrak and its passenger rail services. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA,…
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September 20, 2023

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TTD SUPPORTS BIPARTISAN BILL TO PRIORITIZE AMERICAN-GROWN COMMODITIES FOR INTERNATIONAL FOOD AID

WASHINGTON—Today, Senators Mike Braun, Jon Tester, Roger Marshall and Pete Ricketts introduced bipartisan legislation to enshrine a continued role for American farmers in the Food for Peace (FFP) program and increase accountability and transparency in FFP program functions. U.S. Representatives Tracey Mann (KS-01), John Garamendi (CA-08), Rick Crawford (AR-01), and Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) introduced the…
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September 12, 2023

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TTD Supports Letter from 680 Organizations Sent to Congress Calling for Clean CR, No Shutdown

The Coalition on Human Needs and 680 local, state, and national groups delivered a message to Congress Tuesday: do your duty and keep government running. The groups delivered a letter to every member of the House and Senate urging passage of a clean, bipartisan continuing resolution (CR), including “emergency funding that supports current services and addresses urgent…
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September 12, 2023

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TTD Supports Bipartisan Letter Urging FTA to Protect Public Transit Operators From Assault

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Rob Menendez is leading a bipartisan coalition of 114 Members of Congress, urging the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to immediately act on rulemaking required by the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) to protect public transit operators from assault. The call to address America’s transit worker safety crisis is supported by the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU), the…
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September 3, 2023

News and Media, TTD on the Hill

High-speed rail is a huge opportunity for American workers

Opinion Contributors Ray LaHood and Greg Regan for the Hill. High-speed rail is coming to America, and working people should take notice. The Biden Administration is planning to use funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to construct multiple high-speed rail lines. This is a very big deal for American workers. In addition to transforming daily…
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August 22, 2023

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TTD SUPPORTS FUNDING FOR BRIGHTLINE WEST

LAS VEGAS, NV – On Friday, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) held a press conference calling on the U.S. Department of Transportation to fund Nevada’s application for federal funding to construct the Brightline West high-speed rail project, which will boost Nevada’s tourism economy. She was joined by Brightline CEO Michael Reininger, Clark County Commissioner Michael Naft,…
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July 25, 2023

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TTD Supports Legislation to Evaluate the Impact of Automation on Workers, Strengthen Workforce Development Strategies

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) recently reintroduced bipartisan legislation that would better evaluate the impacts of automation on workers in order to inform workforce development strategies and best practices. The Workforce Data for Analyzing and Tracking Automation Act – which Peters reintroduced last Congress with U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-IN) – would authorize the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)…
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June 29, 2023

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TTD Supports Legislation to Improve Freight Rail Service for American Businesses

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Roger Marshall (R-KS) introduced the Reliable Rail Service Act to help address the unreliable service and high costs of rail shipping for American businesses. The legislation, which is supported by members of the agriculture industry, labor organizations, energy producers, and manufacturers, ensures the largest freight railroads provide American businesses…
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