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Featured Items from the 2006 Conference
Monday, May 8,
2006 |
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9:00 a.m. |
Welcome -
Mary Richards, M.O.S.E.S. |
| 9:15 a.m. |
Presentation by
Ed Wytkind, President of Transportation Trades
Dept., AFL-CIO |
9:45-
10:45 a.m. |
Congressional
Panel: What are the Current Transportation
Issues Facing Congress? |
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Moderator Helena
Zybilkewycz, Transportation Trades Department,
AFL-CIO |
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Ward McGarragher,
Minority Chief Counsel, House Transportation and
Infrastructure Committee |
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Ruth Van Mark, Majority Deputy Staff Director
for Transportation Senate Committee on
Environment and Public Works
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10:45-
11:45 a.m. |
Presentation -
Beyond the Gas Tax: New Revenue Streams for Highway
Funding |
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Moderator Dennis
Houlihan, AFSCME |
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Robert Puentes (Brookings Institute) |
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Kate Siggerud (Government Accounting Office) |
| Lunch |
Address by Rep. James Oberstar, Ranking Member --
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
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1:15-
2:15 p.m. |
Fighting to
Maintain Current and Retiree Health Benefits - Dania Palanker (SEIU) & Mary Meeker (AFSCME) |
2:15-
3:15 p.m. |
Charles Lee,
Assistant Inspector General for Investigations, U.S.
Department of Transportation
Kurt W. Hyde,
Assistant Inspector General for Surface and Maritime
Programs, U.S. Department of Transportation
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3:15-
4:15 p.m. |
Carolyn Edwards, Program Analysis Team, Office
of Legislation and Strategic Planning, Federal
Highway Administration
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| 7:00 p.m. |
Group Dinner -
A.V. Ristorante (607 New York Avenue, NW) |
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| TUESDAY, MAY 9, 2006 |
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8:30 a.m. |
Address by Norm Mineta, U.S. Department of
Transportation Secretary |
| 9 a.m. |
Highway Robbery
II -- David Kusnet |
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9:30 a.m. |
Surface
Transportation Policy Project -- Ann Canby |
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11:00 a.m. |
Sharpening Your
Lobbying Approach |
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Lunch |
Rep. Don Young, Chairman, House Transportation &
Infrastructure Committee |
1
p.m. -
5 p.m. |
Lobbying on Capitol Hill |
5:30-
7:30 p.m. |
Congressional
Reception -- U.S. Capitol, Room HC-6 House of
Representatives Side |
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| WEDNESDAY, MAY
10, 2006 |
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8:30 a.m. |
Report Back From Lobbying |
| 9:30 a.m. |
Presentation by
Jack Basso, AASHTO |
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10:15 a.m. |
Panel Discussion
on Developments at Highway & Transportation Departments Throughout the
Nation |
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Moderator Frank
Spica, Michigan Public Employees
SEIU Local 517M |
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Wisconsin |
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New York |
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California |
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Connecticut |
11 a.m. -
1 p.m. |
Action Plan for
NASHTU for 2006-2007 |
