Transportation bills usually get a free ride through Congress – they create jobs and maintain the country’s infrastructure. But the recent House five-year, $260 transportation bill would be funded by new drilling projects, and reigniting partisan divides between the two parties. What is the future of a comprehensive approach on transportation? President Obama’s secretary of transportation joins us for a discussion. Ray LaHood is the United States secretary of transportation.
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