Anthony Foxx Quotes
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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.
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I aspire to be useful.
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There is no such thing as a Democratic or Republican road, bridge, port, airfield or rail system.
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I'm very bullish on the streetcar.
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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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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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I've seen Congress do some remarkable things within a short period of time.
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The I-495 bridge over the Christina River in Wilmington, Delaware, is tilting.
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I support same-sex marriage.
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I was the first mayor to even go meet with the LGBT community.
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Even one heatstroke death is one too many because every death caused by leaving a child unattended in a hot car is 100 percent avoidable.
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Part of being innovative in government is sometimes not trying to plot out the last chapter of the book, but to be open and see what comes back.
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Local transit agencies have developed apps to let you know when the next bus is coming, but there are so many more applications that can be done.
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If we're going to have an unconventional budget, we probably need an unconventional process to get there.
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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.
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No one respects the First Amendment more than I do. People have a right to express their concerns and their hopes and dreams to their government.
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The tragic thing is that we're letting our transportation system crumble at the exact moment we need to build it up.