After years of “discrimination” by Washington bureaucrats, rural communities are finally set to get a long-overdue share of federal money for roads, rail, and airports, a key promise of President Trump. In a major funding shift championed by Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, officials have revealed that rural areas that received 21% of $7-$8 billion in...
On Friday, the United Seamen’s Service presented U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao with its Admiral of the Ocean Sea (AOTOS) award at a banquet reception in Manhattan. “I am honored to have my work over the years recognized by such a distinguished organization and audience. I understand very well the sacrifices that merchant...
President Donald J. Trump today announced the designation of a Presidential Delegation to Indonesia to attend the Inauguration of His Excellency Joko Widodo, President of the Republic of Indonesia, on October 20, 2019. The Honorable Elaine L. Chao, Secretary of Transportation, will lead the delegation. Members of the Presidential Delegation: The Honorable Joseph R. Donovan...
Today, President Donald J. Trump announced the designation of a Presidential Delegation to Japan to attend the Ceremony of the Enthronement of His Majesty the Emperor on October 22, 2019. The Honorable Elaine L. Chao, Secretary of Transportation, will lead the delegation. Members of the Presidential Delegation: Mr. Joseph M. Young, Chargé d’Affaires ad interim,...
Earlier today the federal government’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued three significant pipeline safety rules. The rules, which were years in the making, address congressional mandates dating back to 2011 and address recommendations from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The new regulations strengthen gas transmission and hazardous liquid pipeline safety...
MACON, Ga. — Tuesday afternoon, state and federal leaders broke bread together in the middle of the Peach State. Hundreds of politicians and businessmen gathered at the Macon Marriott City Center for the annual Georgia Chamber of Commerce congressional luncheon. Keynote speakers included US Senator David Perdue and US Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao. Both...
There once was a beautiful young Chinese girl, and at age 8, she and her mother emigrated to the United States from Taiwan. Their trip, an ocean journey of 37 days on a cargo ship, followed a three-year family separation as her father prepared a home for the family in New York. Although everything was...
Before highways, planes, trains and automobiles made crossing the United States a breeze, the completion of the transcontinental railroad in May 1869 was a defining moment in the country’s history — and immigrant labor made it possible. Thousands of workers from a variety of ethnic and cultural backgrounds labored in grueling terrain and conditions to...
Elaine Chao, 65, is the secretary of transportation. She has served in the administrations of four U.S. presidents, including as secretary of labor from 2001 to 2009 under George W. Bush. She is the first Asian American woman appointed to the Cabinet. Stepping way back, can you talk about your experience when you first came...
“ My life goal is to be as calm under absurd pressure as Elaine Chao,” New York Magazine business columnist Josh Barro wrote on Twitter in August 2017. “Elaine Chao is so unflappable, she’s basically the personification of the this-is-fine cartoon,” Barro opined in another tweet, referencing a popular meme in which a behatted, anthropomorphic...
