Today in the DOT Fast Lane-- In Lincoln, Ne, Secretary Foxx is reminded of an important Civics lesson

From Secretary Foxx:

I met some good people yesterday. Yerimi Felipe and Roxana Espino work building rail transit cars at the Kawasaki Plant in Lincoln, Nebraska. That's 1,000 miles from Washington, DC, and it's probably safe to say that no one in Washington knows Yerimi and Roxana. That includes the DC-area commuters who will someday be riding in the new Metro cars built in Lincoln. And that includes the Members of Congress whose decisions in the coming months will have a profound impact on Yerimi, Roxana, and their co-workers in Nebraska.

Yerimi builds some of the railcar doors; Roxana does wiring for communication systems.  They're married, with two kids, and they're trying to figure out how to send their son, Kelvin, to college next year. They work hard; they have busy lives.  So they don’t necessarily have time to follow everything that’s going on in DC. Nevertheless, Yerimi and Roxana say they trust that Congress will do what's best for the people.

I hope they're right...

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