Jay Rockefeller: “I am chairman of the Commerce Committee. Mayor Anthony Foxx, who is…”

On the recordJune 27, 2013

I am chairman of the Commerce Committee. Mayor Anthony Foxx, who is absolutely superb, someone as a mayor, which I like, secondly as an expert on transportation, intermodal and otherwise. He understands the lay of the land and he has done it. He was passed without a single dissenting vote of either party in the Commerce Committee. That is quite remarkable these days. He is a superb and qualified person who is very much needed to overlook our enormous transportation system which is in trouble. I hope my colleagues will support him. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Who yields time in opposition?

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Jay Rockefeller

Democratic · West Virginia

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Jun 27, 2013

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