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
You come to Washington, there's a rail bill, there's a highway bill, there's a aviation bill. But when you go home, there's an airport, there's a highway, there's a rail, there's transit. It all has to work together.
Who someone loves should never be an issue at work or anyplace else.
It is unacceptable for passengers to be stranded in planes on the tarmac for hours on end.
Would I like to see baseball happen in Charlotte? Absolutely.
When you look at how American national freight systems are connected, it's a bit of a patchwork. When you look at how even road systems and rail systems work across state lines, it's a bit of a patchwork.
I think public service is a calling and you do it as long as the things that brought you into the office can continue getting you up in the morning and as long as there's still work to get done.
I aspire to be useful.
I was born to a single mom and raised by her and my grandparents.
The rapid increase in the production and transportation of crude oil requires additional vigilance for the continued safe movement of this commodity.
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.
America is hungry and starving for more infrastructure investment.
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?