Ray LaHood
Ray LaHood
Raymond H. "Ray" LaHoodis an American politician who served as United States Secretary of Transportation from 2009 until 2013. A Republican from Illinois, LaHood represented Illinois's 18th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2009. In 2015, LaHood's book, Seeking Bipartisanship: My Life in Politics, coauthored with Frank H. Mackaman of The Dirksen Congressional Center, was published by Cambria Press...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth6 December 1945
moment sitting
It's a little unrealistic for us to be sitting around at this moment having a lot of heartburn about the deficit,
retired
He's like a retired prince, ... He doesn't have to rush.
beat decides nominee
If he decides to do that, he'll be the nominee of our party, and he's the one that can beat Blagojevich,
beat edgar gets gop nomination win
I think if Edgar gets in the race, he'll win the GOP nomination and beat Blagojevich,
guess huge mess
I guess I don't have to tell you that we've got a huge mess in Washington,
congress flying horror public service vote
I think service is going to go right down the tubes, ... I think the flying public is in for real horror stories. If there was a vote by Congress on this, I think it would not go through.
bad holding seen
It's as bad as I've ever seen it. The dike is broken. There's no holding back.
convince lived opportunity people politics rule run tried types
People can say all types of stuff, ... When I lived in Peoria before, people tried to convince me to run for things. I had an opportunity then and I didn't. I will say I'm never going to rule that out in the future. Politics is a lot about being in the right place at the right time.
follow heir knowing unknown
They didn't like the unknown of not knowing who would follow on, ... There was no heir apparent.
count saying
He's a friend. We've been friends for 20 years and I really count him as a friend, and I don't have any reservation at all about saying I'd give him a substantial check,
good uses
will find very good uses for this facility.
carry commander fight homeland needs president resources
The president has told us that he has the resources that he needs to fight this war, he has the resources that he needs to carry out homeland security, ... The president is the commander in chief. He is the one who is waging the war.
should-have voice america
People across America who value bicycling should have a voice when it comes to transportation planning. This is the end of favoring motorized transportation at the expense of non-motorized.
lasts taxes gas
The last time we raised the gas tax, which is how we built the interstate system, was 1993.