Washington Examiner » The top Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee recently became a beneficiary of President Trump’s lurch toward bipartisanship. Rep. Peter DeFazio, of Oregon, met with D.J. Gribbin, Trump’s special assistant for infrastructure policy, shared beers on the patio outside the lawmaker’s office to talk about roads and bridges for an hour.
Bloomberg » Donald Trump’s infrastructure guru spent part of Sept. 26 at a conference in Washington promoting the president’s $1 trillion plan to rebuild the nation’s crumbling roads, bridges and airports relying in part on public-private partnerships. The same day, across town, Trump was telling lawmakers that those kinds of deals don’t work.
The Des Moines Register » Trombino, 51, headed the Iowa DOT for five years. He successfully lobbied Iowa lawmakers for a gas-tax increase in 2015 to fund road and bridge construction. He has degrees in civil engineering and economics.
Albuquerque Journal » U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao is following a long line of secretaries who left their mark by pushing policies and crafting policies.
Associated Press / U.S. News » During her confirmation hearing on Wednesday, incoming President Donald Trump’s Transportation Secretary-designate, Elaine Chao, advocated “innovative financing tools” to fund construction projects.