Anthony Foxx
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At First Hearing, Foxx Defends Projects That Advance the “Public Good”
Should the nation’s largest infrastructure loan program finance projects that make the transportation system more productive and efficient? Hell no, says Senator David Vitter, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Hundreds of millions of dollars should be available to any old project that comes along, as long as it has a good shot at repaying the loan.
July 25, 2013
Anthony Foxx Confirmed Unanimously as U.S. Secretary of Transportation
After a remarkably smooth and uncontentious process, Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx has just been confirmed by the full Senate as the 17th U.S. Secretary of Transportation. Not a single senator voted against -- or even abstained from -- his confirmation.
June 27, 2013
Foxx Rocks Confirmation Hearing, Reveals Some Initial Priorities
Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx's Senate hearing was, by all accounts, the one "oasis of calm" on an otherwise stormy Capitol Hill yesterday. There were no sharp exchanges, no tense moments, not even any particularly tough questions. Two weeks from today, we'll probably be calling him "Mister Secretary."
May 23, 2013
Meet Your Next Transportation Secretary
Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx just accepted President Obama’s nomination to be the next transportation secretary.
April 29, 2013