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EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
Subject
SUBJECT: FEDERAL AND STATE REPORT
Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
RECEIVE AND FILE February 2025 Federal and State Legislative Report.
Discussion
DISCUSSION
Executive Management Committee
Remarks Prepared by Raffi Haig Hamparian
Government Relations, Deputy Executive Officer: Federal Affairs
Chair Hahn and members of the Executive Management Committee, I am pleased to provide an update on several key federal matters of interest to our agency. This report was prepared on February 4, 2025, and will be updated, as appropriate, at the Executive Management Committee meeting on February 20, 2025. The status of relevant pending legislation is monitored on the Metro Government Relations Legislative Matrix, which is updated monthly.
Incoming Trump Administration/U.S. Department of Transportation Nominee - Former Congressman Sean Duffy
As reported to the Board last month, President-elect Donald Trump nominated former Congressman Sean Duffy (R-WI) to serve as America's 20th Secretary of Transportation. Earlier this week, the Senate Commerce Committee voted by a margin of 28 to 0 to approve the nomination of Congressman Duffy. The full Senate moved to confirm Duffy's nomination on January 28, 2025 by a margin of 77 to 22.
The former Congressman represented Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District from 2011 to 2019. In the coming weeks, we expect President-elect Trump to nominate additional individuals for senior positions across the U.S. Department of Transportation. Given the scale and scope of our Board-approved 2025 Federal Legislative Program, we are in the process of engaging the new leaders at the USDOT as soon as possible.
Most recently, the U.S. Department of Transportation issued an Order entitled, "Ensuring Reliance Upon Sound Economic Analysis in Department of Transportation Policies, Programs, and Activities. According to the U.S. Depar...
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