President Obama Nominates Anthony Foxx as Secretary of Transportation

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... President Obama announced Anthony Foxx as his nominee for the next Secretary of Transportation.

Foxx is currently the mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, which he helped turn around since taking office in 2009. Both the city and country were going through a “bruising economic crisis,” President Obama said.

“The economy is growing. There are more jobs, more opportunity,” he said. “And if you ask Anthony how that happened, he’ll tell you that one of the reasons is that Charlotte made one of the largest investments in transportation in the city’s history” ...

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/04/29/president-obama-nominates-anthony-foxx-secretary-transportation

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1. Rebuilding America~

Since Anthony took office, they’ve broken ground on a new streetcar project that’s going to bring modern electric tram service to the downtown area. They’ve expanded the international airport. And they’re extending the city’s light rail system. All of that has not only helped create new jobs, it’s helped Charlotte become more attractive to business.
President Obama said that one of the best ways we can grow our economy and rebuild opportunity for the middle class is by putting more Americans back to work by investing in rebuilding our infrastructure.

Anthony Foxx sounds good to me!

Thank you, S4P!

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5. +1 on that!

[Cha]

2. Thank you, struggle4progress.. I had in mind to post this news in

the BOG, today. Glad you did and glad for Mel Watt's nomination!


President Obama congratulates U.S. Rep. Mel Watt (D-NC) after nominating him to be the next director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency

http://theobamadiary.com/2013/05/01/this-and-that-68/



Top liberals throw their weight behind Obama’s housing pick

On the first point, two top liberals — Senator Elizabeth Warren and Dem Rep. Keith Ellison, the co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus — both assured me that Watt is a solid choice for the left. “Mel Watt is the strongest consumer advocate you’re going to get,” Ellison told me. “He has a clear record on fighting predatory lending and protecting home owners. He is a key author of Wall Street reform. He is the kind of person homeowners can trust.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/05/01/top-liberals-throw-their-weight-behind-obamas-housing-pick/

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3. I'm gonna miss him in NC's congressional delegation

[Cha]

4. That's right.. you're in North Carolina and so is he! I was

wondering about his District and that they would have to have another election. Hope they get a good Dem in there!