This isn't just about equality in the broadest sense; it's about equality in the most specific sense. An equal chance to make money, to get a degree, to have a life of purpose without having to rely on somebody else.
transportation can make or break a life, create opportunity or withhold it, provide the difference between an independent life and a life that isn't
Secretary Foxx
And over this quarter century, you've proven that you can get unusual bedfellows to work together to make progress. It was a republican president who signed the ADA into law, right? You guys got that done.
Secretary Foxx
It means that someone can't get to work or to school or to a doctor's appointment....it is the quality of life and it is real people
We need to push that the chairs need to go on the plane. I think they can do that. I don't know if you're old enough to remember the 747s. They had enough room for a f'ing piano.