Transportation chief heads back to Capitol Hill

by Keith Laing - 02/26/15 12:28 PM ET

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx is heading back to Capitol Hill on Thursday, this time to convince Congress to provide direct funding for his agency.

{mosads}Foxx is in the midst of a push to convince lawmakers to boost the nation’s infrastructure spending, but he is scheduled to testify Thursday afternoon at a House Appropriations Committee hearing on the transportation department’s funding bill.

The measure, which is typically dubbed THUD, covers the departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development.

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