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Transportation in America has released a new study on America's failing bridges.
Every day, millions of people from all walks of life in cities and towns large and small travel over one of our country’s 66,405 structurally deficient bridges — more than one in nine (11 percent) of all bridges. Read More...
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In 1786, the cloth workers of Leeds, a wool-industry center in northern England, issued a protest against the growing use of “scribbling” machines, which were taking over a task formerly performed by skilled labor. “How are those men, thus thrown out of employ to provide for their families?” asked the petitioners. Read More...
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“How many more bridges must collapse, how many people must be hurt or die and how many billions of dollars must be drained from our economy before Congress makes investing in the basic infrastructure of our country a priority. Read More...
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Our nation is on the cusp of the holy grail of energy independence and a jobs and investment boon that would accompany it – that is, unless it is stunted by over-regulation or blocked by extremist elements of the environmental movement who are peddling hysteria and fear. Read More...
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Most recent discussion about economic inequality in the United States has focused on the top 1 percent of the nation’s income distribution, a group whose incomes average $1 million (with a bottom threshold of about $367,000). Read More...
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Our national debate over the Keystone XL pipeline has reached a critical point as we await a decision. The decision to allow development of this pipeline is long overdue, and hopefully may finally come in just a few weeks or months. Read More...
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One way to look at the difference between funding and financing is through an inter-generational lens. At the federal level, the national government provided funds to states to build transportation infrastructure. Read More...
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If I told you that government officials possessed ironclad proof that an imminent threat to this nation had the capacity to create a 9/11's worth of injuries and deaths every year at an annual economic cost of a quarter trillion dollars, ask yourself: Would you say we should do something about it?
I'm guessing you would. Read More...
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WRDA CLEARS SENATE: The Senate is bitterly divided over issues like the budget and guns, but infrastructure is another story. Eighty-three senators voted to approve a $12 billion WRDA bill and focus now shifts to the House, where T&I Chairman Bill Shuster plans to write his own bill. Read More...
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Many of you soon-to-be college graduates are determined to make the world a better place. Some of you are choosing careers in public service or joining nonprofits or volunteering in your communities.
But many of you are cynical about politics. You see the system as inherently corrupt. You doubt real progress is possible. Read More...
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With the recent popularity of the British TV show "Downton Abbey," Steelworkers President Leo Gerard reflects on the "Downtoning" of our nation & economy...
President Obama went to Austin, Texas, last week in pursuit of an industrial and employment revival. He wants to launch manufacturing institutes to foster American innovation and job creation. Read More...
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A federal appeals court on Tuesday struck down a National Labor Relations Board rule requiring most private sector employers to post a notice informing employees of their right to unionize. Read More...
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WASHINGTON, April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- LIUNA – the Laborers' International Union of North America – congratulates Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx on his nomination to serve as the next U.S. Transportation Secretary.
"We applaud President Obama's nomination of Anthony Foxx and look forward to working with him as Secretary of the U.S. Read More...
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