Anthony Foxx
Anthony Foxx
Anthony Renard Foxxis an American politician currently serving as the United States Secretary of Transportation, a position he has held since 2013. Previously, he served as the Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, from 2009 to 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Party. First elected to the Charlotte City Council in 2005, upon his 2009 mayoral victory he became the youngest mayor of Charlotte and its second African American mayor...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth30 April 1971
CityCharlotte, NC
CountryUnited States of America
Bridges and roads take years to build, but too often, states and communities haven't known if funding will be there for them more than a few months at a time.
Who someone loves should never be an issue at work or anyplace else.
I was the first mayor to even go meet with the LGBT community.
I was in Nashville, Tennessee, and I saw - we talk about crumbling bridges - I saw one, concrete literally falling onto the underpass below, threatening auto traffic.
Today, 65 percent of America's population live in metropolitan areas - and 95 percent of all the transit miles traveled are traveled there. Metropolitan regions are the engines of our economy.
Would I like to see baseball happen in Charlotte? Absolutely.
We know no one is perfect, but what we cannot tolerate, what we will never accept, is a person or company that knows dangers exists and says nothing - literally, silence can kill.
The rapid increase in the production and transportation of crude oil requires additional vigilance for the continued safe movement of this commodity.
I've seen Congress do some remarkable things within a short period of time.
As we look at a future where we're going to have to double our freight capacity, how do you create a freight system that's integrated across the country when you have 50 different freight systems that are built one state at a time?
It is unacceptable for passengers to be stranded in planes on the tarmac for hours on end.
America is hungry and starving for more infrastructure investment.