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Think Local: Who's in Your Backyard? Connecting with T&I Committee Members

The late Tip O'Neill, longtime speaker of the House, famously said "all politics is local" as a way to signify that the success of federal lawmakers is directly connected to their ability to understand their constituents and act in local voters' best interests--a political truism at the heart of APTA's Stand Up for Transportation Day, April 9.

As the national advocacy day takes shape--and as MAP-21 is set to expire on May 31--many APTA members are working to schedule visits with their elected leaders on April 9, when Congress is on spring recess in their home districts.
Members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee are especially important to engage, said APTA Chair Phillip Washington, general manager and chief executive officer of the Denver Regional Transportation District.

"As the expiration of MAP-21 rapidly approaches on May 31, we need to take every advantage to convince Congress that now is the time to craft the multi-year bill we need--the bill the nation needs," Washington said. "It's time to work together--Republicans and Democrats, Congress and the White House, states and cities--to close our nation's embarrassingly massive infrastructure deficit--now at $88 billion--and to invest in systems across the nation.

"I encourage every APTA member to commit to an event on April 9 and invite their elected leaders," he added. "The clock is ticking. Stand Up for Transportation Day is our urgent wakeup call to Congress."

Making a Close Call
Does a member of the T&I Committee live in your neighborhood? Scan the list below to identify their home state and the communities in which the member maintains a district office.

To find local contact information go to APTA's grassroots advocacy website, Voices for Public Transit, click on Advocacy at the top, then Action Center, and then Legislator Search. To find information on all members of Congress, click here; for members of the Senate, click here. Then search for individual members by name.

Republicans
Chairman Bill Shuster
Pennsylvania: Hollidaysburg, Chambersburg, Indiana

Don Young
Alaska: Anchorage, Fairbanks

John J. Duncan Jr.
Tennessee: Knoxville, Maryville

John Mica
Florida: Maitland, Oviedo, Deltona

Frank A. LoBiondo
New Jersey: Mays Landing

Sam Graves
Missouri: Hannibal

Candice S. Miller
Michigan: Shelby Township

Duncan Hunter
California: El Cajon, Temecula

Eric A. "Rick" Crawford
Arkansas: Jonesboro, Cabot, Mountain Home

Lou Barletta
Pennsylvania: Carlisle, Harrisburg, Hazleton, Sunbury

Blake Farenthold
Texas: Corpus Christi, Victoria

Bob Gibbs
Ohio: Ashland, Canton

Richard L. Hanna
New York: Binghamton, Utica

Daniel Webster
Florida: Winter Garden, Tavares, Clermont, Winter Haven

Jeff Denham
California: Modesto

Reid J. Ribble
Wisconsin: Appleton, Green Bay

Thomas Massie
Kentucky: Ashland, Northern Kentucky, Oldham County

Tom Rice
South Carolina: Grand Strand, Pee Dee

Mark Meadows
North Carolina: Caldwell, Haywood, Henderson, McDowell, Mitchell counties

Scott Perry
Pennsylvania: Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, York counties

Rodney L. Davis
Illinois: Champaign, Decatur, Glen Carbon, Normal, Taylorville

Mark Sanford
South Carolina: Mount Pleasant, Beaufort

Rob Woodall
Georgia: Lawrenceville

Todd Rokita
Indiana: Danville, Lafayette

John Katko
New York: Auburn, Syracuse

Brian Babin
Texas: Deer Park, Orange, Woodville

Cresent Hardy
Nevada: North Las Vegas

Ryan A. Costello
Pennsylvania: Wyomissing

Garret Graves
Louisiana: Baton Rouge, Livingston

Mimi Walters
California: Irvine

Barbara Comstock
Virginia: Sterling

Carlos Curbelo
Florida: Florida City, Key West, Miami

David Rouzer
North Carolina: Bolivia, Smithfield, Wilmington

Lee M. Zeldin
New York: Patchogue

Democrats
Ranking Member
Peter A. DeFazio
Oregon: Coos Bay, Eugene, Rosebur

Eleanor Holmes Norton
Washington, D.C.

Jerrold Nadler
New York: Manhattan, Brooklyn

Corrine Brown
Florida: Jacksonville, Orlando, Gainesville

Eddie Bernice Johnson
Texas: Dallas

Elijah E. Cummings
Maryland: Baltimore, Catonsville, Ellicott City

Rick Larsen
Washington: Bellingham, Everett

Michael E. Capuano
Massachusetts: Cambridge

Grace Napolitano
California: El Monte

Daniel Lipinski
Illinois: Chicago, Oak Lawn, Lockport, Orland Park

Steve Cohen
Tennessee: Memphis

Albio Sires
New Jersey: Elizabeth, Jersey City, West New York

Donna F. Edwards
Maryland: Prince George's, Anne Arundel counties

John Garamendi
California: Davis, Fairfield

Andre Carson
Indiana: Indianapolis

Janice Hahn
California: San Pedro, Compton, South Gate, Wilmington, Carson

Richard M. Nolan
Minnesota: Brainerd, Center City, Chisholm, Duluth

Ann Kirkpatrick
Arizona: Casa Grande, Flagstaff, Globe, Marana, Show Low

Dina Titus
Nevada: Las Vegas

Sean Patrick Maloney
New York: Newburgh

Elizabeth H. Esty
Connecticut: New Britain

Lois Frankel
Florida: Boca Raton

Cheri Bustos
Illinois: Peoria, Rock Island, Rockford

Jared Huffman
California: Eureka, Fort Bragg, Petaluma, San Rafael, Ukiah

Julia Brownley
California: Oxnard, Thousand Oaks
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