Tag Archives: Secretary of Transportation

LaHood: ‘I am Thrilled that Tens of Thousands of UNION Workers can go back to Work

Over the past few days United States Secretary of Transportation was worried sick because Senate went home without deciding on another FAA Extension. U.S. Secretary of DOT Ray LaHood wrote in his blog: “I’m thrilled this morning that the Senate … Continue reading

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Ray LaHood: ‘No Texting’ while Driving – Big Brother says Otherwise

New Yorkers will be the first to use a new alert system. They will be rapidly alerted to potentially dangerous situations – ranging from terrorist threats to impending hazardous weather – under a new text notification program. Mayor Bloomberg unveiled … Continue reading

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Something Ray LaHood and Obama are not Saying about Allison Transmissions

While Obama is out “touring/campaigning” the country visiting all these manufactures of supposed “greenier” vehicles, and American jobs, there is something they are not mentioning. In a blog post by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood today wrote: “Less gas, … Continue reading

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Members of Congress tell DOT to Abolish Cross Border Program with Mexico

Barack Hussein Obama opens border, defies unions, and ignores Congress on the controversial cross-border issue with Mexico. U.S. and Mexican trucks were previously authorized to cross their shared border under the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement, but the U.S. … Continue reading

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Which one is ‘Distorting Facts’ – Obama or Ray LaHood?

I hate to keep beating on a dead-horse, but US Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood or Obama is guilty of falsifying the facts. It more than likely is both but that is another article. This is just another one of … Continue reading

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Why are US-Taxpayers going to be Funding Equipment for Mexican Trucks?

Obama opens the border, defies unions and truckers, and ignores Congress on the ever-so controversial cross-border issue with Mexico. Obama also, screws the American tax payers too, as in the deal with Mexico that he agreed to has Americans paying … Continue reading

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Women In Trucking Association meet up with US Transportation Officials

Women In Trucking President/CEO Ellen Voie was recently invited to meet with United States Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood in Washington, DC.  Joining them was Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrator, Anne Ferro. Secretary LaHood and members of his staff listened … Continue reading

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Cross Border Trucking with Mexico means more US Jobs LOST

Obama signed the 2009 Omnibus Appropriations bill, which included a provision to end the Department of Transportation’s trucking project. Which was supposed to allow 100 Mexican carriers to do business beyond the border zone in the United States, and a … Continue reading

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More of the same from Department of Transportation in 2011

With 2010 being labeled as the year to forget, because of the most idiotic rules and regulations that have ever been forced upon trucking in general. I thought with a new year – 2011 – things would change a little, … Continue reading

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California’s High Speed Rail

There is something about this Obama administration I don’t understand. Well, actually there are a lot of things 0bama does that I don’t understand and frankly I don’t think he does either. California’s unemployment rate is — 12.4% how are … Continue reading

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