Mica, Rahall and Ribble to speak at the TCC Fly-In

Staff Report - May 22, 2012

House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica (R-Fla.), Ranking Member Nick J. Rahall (D-W.Va.), and freshman Reid Ribble (R-Wis.) will share their perspectives May 30 on the pending surface transportation reauthorization bill during the 2012 Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) ...

AEM to Congress, Administration: Stop GPS signal disruption

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Jun 24, 2011

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) has called on Congress, Transportation Secretary LaHood, and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to stop what the organization says is a "threat" in the U.S. to Global Positioning Systems (GPS) posed by ...

TCC Fly-In: Increase the Pressure!

John Latta - May 23, 2011

TCC-Fly-In and ARTBA Federal issues program just getting underway. Should be a dandy. I'll be Tweeting and updating this blog. There used to be a star on television who asked his audience to "keep those cards and letters rolling in folks." These ...

Hey Congress, ‘We’re sick of aging roads’

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Sep 02, 2010

The Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce-led Americans for Transportation Mobility (ATM), two national groups advocating for significant new investments in transportation improvements, are working together to elevate infrastructure issues on the congressional legislative calendar this ...

NAPA holds Congress accountable for reauthorization inaction

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Jul 02, 2010

With the construction industry continuing to shed jobs, the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) has mounted a campaign to mobilize the asphalt pavement industry and hold Congress accountable for its inaction on the surface transportation bill. Lack of such legislation is ...

White Paper — Recovery Act Transportation Investments: Delivering Real-world Results

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Feb 17, 2010

The Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC), co-chaired by American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) and the Associated General Contractor of America (AGC), today released the white paper, Recovery Act Transportation Investments: Delivering Real-world Results (click here for a downloadable PDF.). Thanks ...

Kirk Landers: Lobbyists, lawyers and taxes

Brooke Wisdom - Jul 01, 2009

Lobbyists, lawyers and taxes By Kirk Landers Several of the people I admire most in the world are lobbyists. I know, that’s a shameful admission in today’s America, where lobbyists rank with lawyers, slightly above people who have committed violent crimes against ...