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Anthony Foxx

Profession : Politician

Birth : April 30, 1971

Who someone loves should never be an issue at work or anyplace else.

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The gas tax has been the backbone of the transportation system since the inception of the Interstate highway system in the 1950s.

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Whether you live in a city or a small town, and whether you drive a car, take the bus or ride a train, at some point in the day, everyone is a pedestrian.

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I was the first mayor to even go meet with the LGBT community.

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We cannot meet the needs of a growing country and a growing economy by simply maintaining our current level of effort. We must do more.

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I aspire to be useful.

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Passengers want options, and when they have options, like passenger rail, they choose them.

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Would I like to see baseball happen in Charlotte? Absolutely.

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It is unacceptable for passengers to be stranded in planes on the tarmac for hours on end.

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The I-495 bridge over the Christina River in Wilmington, Delaware, is tilting.

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I know well the opportunities and the challenges of maintaining and improving infrastructure and providing good transportation choices.

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Everywhere I go, I see incredible examples of communities that have a vision for transportation and how it will impact the quality of life, mobility, economics and opportunity.

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I support same-sex marriage.

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Find a place where you add value to a community.

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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.

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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?

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A lot of people in the technology space love the idea of a solving a problem.

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I'm very bullish on the streetcar.

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Not every innovation in transportation is going to come from government or even a large enterprise. There are smart people out there with tools and skills to come up with great ideas.

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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.

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