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Mary Peters (politician)
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Mary E. Peters served as the United States Secretary of Transportation
under President
George W. Bush
from 2006 to 2009. She is the second woman to hold the position.
in 1985, and was appointed by Gov. Jane Dee Hull
to serve as its director in 1998.
After George W. Bush
took office as president in 2001, Peters left for Washington to work as the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration
. She worked in that capacity until 2005.
In 2006, President Bush appointed Peters as the Co-Vice Chairwoman of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission. She resigned the post of Secretary of Transportation in anticipation of the in-coming Obama administration. She was succeeded by Ray LaHood
, the 16th U.S. Secretary of Transportation on Thursday, January 22, 2009.
, that the issue would have been a distraction from the race. She was also a speculated candidate for governor in 2010, however is instead serving as co-chair of incumbent governor Jan Brewer
's election campaign (along with former state Attorney General Grant Woods
). Ms. Peters is a transportation consultant for national engineering and planning organizations.
as Secretary of Transportation. She was confirmed on September 29, 2006 by the United States Senate
.
(i.e., tolls) for building new highways. In an interview, Peters said that the National Highway System
will run out of money by decade's end without substantial changes and, rather than raise taxes, some states should turn to toll roads leased to private corporations to fill gaps.
Her policies of promoting open borders for commerce created opposition from labor unions.
Mary Peters held a press conference on September 5, 2008 to report that Highway Trust Fund payments to states, including her native Arizona, would be cut back because federal fuel tax collections were dropping.
Mary E. Peters (born December 4, 1948) served as the United States Secretary of Transportation
under President
George W. Bush
from 2006 to 2009. She is the second woman to hold the position.
in 1985, and was appointed by Gov. Jane Dee Hull
to serve as its director in 1998.
After George W. Bush
took office as president in 2001, Peters left for Washington to work as the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration
. She worked in that capacity until 2005.
In 2006, President Bush appointed Peters as the Co-Vice Chairwoman of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission. She resigned the post of Secretary of Transportation in anticipation of the in-coming Obama administration. She was succeeded by Ray LaHood
, the 16th U.S. Secretary of Transportation on Thursday, January 22, 2009.
, that the issue would have been a distraction from the race. She was also a speculated candidate for governor in 2010, however is instead serving as co-chair of incumbent governor Jan Brewer
's election campaign (along with former state Attorney General Grant Woods
). Ms. Peters is a transportation consultant for national engineering and planning organizations.
as Secretary of Transportation. She was confirmed on September 29, 2006 by the United States Senate
.
(i.e., tolls) for building new highways. In an interview, Peters said that the National Highway System
will run out of money by decade's end without substantial changes and, rather than raise taxes, some states should turn to toll roads leased to private corporations to fill gaps.
Her policies of promoting open borders for commerce created opposition from labor unions.
Mary Peters held a press conference on September 5, 2008 to report that Highway Trust Fund payments to states, including her native Arizona, would be cut back because federal fuel tax collections were dropping.
Mary E. Peters (born December 4, 1948) served as the United States Secretary of Transportation
under President
George W. Bush
from 2006 to 2009. She is the second woman to hold the position.
in 1985, and was appointed by Gov. Jane Dee Hull
to serve as its director in 1998.
After George W. Bush
took office as president in 2001, Peters left for Washington to work as the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration
. She worked in that capacity until 2005.
In 2006, President Bush appointed Peters as the Co-Vice Chairwoman of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission. She resigned the post of Secretary of Transportation in anticipation of the in-coming Obama administration. She was succeeded by Ray LaHood
, the 16th U.S. Secretary of Transportation on Thursday, January 22, 2009.
, that the issue would have been a distraction from the race. She was also a speculated candidate for governor in 2010, however is instead serving as co-chair of incumbent governor Jan Brewer
's election campaign (along with former state Attorney General Grant Woods
). Ms. Peters is a transportation consultant for national engineering and planning organizations.
as Secretary of Transportation. She was confirmed on September 29, 2006 by the United States Senate
.
(i.e., tolls) for building new highways. In an interview, Peters said that the National Highway System
will run out of money by decade's end without substantial changes and, rather than raise taxes, some states should turn to toll roads leased to private corporations to fill gaps.
Her policies of promoting open borders for commerce created opposition from labor unions.
Mary Peters held a press conference on September 5, 2008 to report that Highway Trust Fund payments to states, including her native Arizona, would be cut back because federal fuel tax collections were dropping.
United States Secretary of Transportation
The United States Secretary of Transportation is the head of the United States Department of Transportation, a member of the President's Cabinet, and fourteenth in the Presidential line of succession. The post was created with the formation of the Department of Transportation on October 15, 1966,...
under President
President
A president is a leader of an organization, company, trade union, university, or country.Etymologically, a president is one who presides, who sits in leadership...
George W. Bush
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
from 2006 to 2009. She is the second woman to hold the position.
Public service career
Peters joined the Arizona Department of TransportationArizona Department of Transportation
The Arizona Department of Transportation is an Arizona state government agency charged with facilitating mobility within the state. In addition to managing the state's highway system, the agency is also involved with public transportation and municipal airports...
in 1985, and was appointed by Gov. Jane Dee Hull
Jane Dee Hull
Jane Dee Hull was the second woman to serve as Governor of Arizona, the first female Republican governor of the state, and the first woman to be elected to the position.-Biography:...
to serve as its director in 1998.
After George W. Bush
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
took office as president in 2001, Peters left for Washington to work as the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration
Federal Highway Administration
The Federal Highway Administration is a division of the United States Department of Transportation that specializes in highway transportation. The agency's major activities are grouped into two "programs," the Federal-aid Highway Program and the Federal Lands Highway Program...
. She worked in that capacity until 2005.
In 2006, President Bush appointed Peters as the Co-Vice Chairwoman of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission. She resigned the post of Secretary of Transportation in anticipation of the in-coming Obama administration. She was succeeded by Ray LaHood
Ray LaHood
Raymond H. "Ray" LaHood is a Republican politician from Illinois who is currently the United States Secretary of Transportation, having served since 2009. Previously, he represented the Illinois's 18th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives for seven terms .-Early life and...
, the 16th U.S. Secretary of Transportation on Thursday, January 22, 2009.
Arizona gubernatorial election speculation
In 2005, there was speculation that Peters would run for governor of Arizona in 2006. At the time, however, she said, while she believed she would have been a strong candidate, and was eligible to run despite having lived and registered to vote in VirginiaVirginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
, that the issue would have been a distraction from the race. She was also a speculated candidate for governor in 2010, however is instead serving as co-chair of incumbent governor Jan Brewer
Jan Brewer
Janice Kay "Jan" Brewer is the 22nd and current Governor of the U.S. state of Arizona and a member of the Republican Party. She is the fourth woman, and third consecutive woman, to hold the office...
's election campaign (along with former state Attorney General Grant Woods
Grant Woods
Grant Woods served as attorney general of Arizona from 1991 until 1999. A Republican, he was first elected in 1990 and was reelected in 1994. He was selected by his fellow Attorneys General as the nation’s top Attorney General in 1995. He chaired the Civil Rights and Supreme Court committees for...
). Ms. Peters is a transportation consultant for national engineering and planning organizations.
Transportation Secretary
On September 5, 2006, Bush nominated Peters to replace Norman MinetaNorman Mineta
Norman Yoshio Mineta, is a United States politician of the Democratic Party. Mineta most recently served in President George W. Bush's Cabinet as the United States Secretary of Transportation, the only Democratic Cabinet Secretary in the Bush administration...
as Secretary of Transportation. She was confirmed on September 29, 2006 by the United States Senate
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
.
Policies
Peters is an advocate of leasing U.S. roads and interstates to private companies and having user feesUser fees
People pay user fees for the use of many public services and facilities. At the federal level in the US, there is a charge for walking to the top of the Statue of Liberty, to drive into many National parks, and to use particular services of the Library of Congress.States may charge tolls for...
(i.e., tolls) for building new highways. In an interview, Peters said that the National Highway System
National Highway System (United States)
The National Highway System is a network of strategic highways within the United States, including the Interstate Highway System and other roads serving major airports, ports, rail or truck terminals, railway stations, pipeline terminals and other strategic transport facilities.Individual states...
will run out of money by decade's end without substantial changes and, rather than raise taxes, some states should turn to toll roads leased to private corporations to fill gaps.
Her policies of promoting open borders for commerce created opposition from labor unions.
Mary Peters held a press conference on September 5, 2008 to report that Highway Trust Fund payments to states, including her native Arizona, would be cut back because federal fuel tax collections were dropping.
External links
Mary E. Peters (born December 4, 1948) served as the United States Secretary of Transportation
United States Secretary of Transportation
The United States Secretary of Transportation is the head of the United States Department of Transportation, a member of the President's Cabinet, and fourteenth in the Presidential line of succession. The post was created with the formation of the Department of Transportation on October 15, 1966,...
under President
President
A president is a leader of an organization, company, trade union, university, or country.Etymologically, a president is one who presides, who sits in leadership...
George W. Bush
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
from 2006 to 2009. She is the second woman to hold the position.
Public service career
Peters joined the Arizona Department of TransportationArizona Department of Transportation
The Arizona Department of Transportation is an Arizona state government agency charged with facilitating mobility within the state. In addition to managing the state's highway system, the agency is also involved with public transportation and municipal airports...
in 1985, and was appointed by Gov. Jane Dee Hull
Jane Dee Hull
Jane Dee Hull was the second woman to serve as Governor of Arizona, the first female Republican governor of the state, and the first woman to be elected to the position.-Biography:...
to serve as its director in 1998.
After George W. Bush
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
took office as president in 2001, Peters left for Washington to work as the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration
Federal Highway Administration
The Federal Highway Administration is a division of the United States Department of Transportation that specializes in highway transportation. The agency's major activities are grouped into two "programs," the Federal-aid Highway Program and the Federal Lands Highway Program...
. She worked in that capacity until 2005.
In 2006, President Bush appointed Peters as the Co-Vice Chairwoman of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission. She resigned the post of Secretary of Transportation in anticipation of the in-coming Obama administration. She was succeeded by Ray LaHood
Ray LaHood
Raymond H. "Ray" LaHood is a Republican politician from Illinois who is currently the United States Secretary of Transportation, having served since 2009. Previously, he represented the Illinois's 18th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives for seven terms .-Early life and...
, the 16th U.S. Secretary of Transportation on Thursday, January 22, 2009.
Arizona gubernatorial election speculation
In 2005, there was speculation that Peters would run for governor of Arizona in 2006. At the time, however, she said, while she believed she would have been a strong candidate, and was eligible to run despite having lived and registered to vote in VirginiaVirginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
, that the issue would have been a distraction from the race. She was also a speculated candidate for governor in 2010, however is instead serving as co-chair of incumbent governor Jan Brewer
Jan Brewer
Janice Kay "Jan" Brewer is the 22nd and current Governor of the U.S. state of Arizona and a member of the Republican Party. She is the fourth woman, and third consecutive woman, to hold the office...
's election campaign (along with former state Attorney General Grant Woods
Grant Woods
Grant Woods served as attorney general of Arizona from 1991 until 1999. A Republican, he was first elected in 1990 and was reelected in 1994. He was selected by his fellow Attorneys General as the nation’s top Attorney General in 1995. He chaired the Civil Rights and Supreme Court committees for...
). Ms. Peters is a transportation consultant for national engineering and planning organizations.
Transportation Secretary
On September 5, 2006, Bush nominated Peters to replace Norman MinetaNorman Mineta
Norman Yoshio Mineta, is a United States politician of the Democratic Party. Mineta most recently served in President George W. Bush's Cabinet as the United States Secretary of Transportation, the only Democratic Cabinet Secretary in the Bush administration...
as Secretary of Transportation. She was confirmed on September 29, 2006 by the United States Senate
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
.
Policies
Peters is an advocate of leasing U.S. roads and interstates to private companies and having user feesUser fees
People pay user fees for the use of many public services and facilities. At the federal level in the US, there is a charge for walking to the top of the Statue of Liberty, to drive into many National parks, and to use particular services of the Library of Congress.States may charge tolls for...
(i.e., tolls) for building new highways. In an interview, Peters said that the National Highway System
National Highway System (United States)
The National Highway System is a network of strategic highways within the United States, including the Interstate Highway System and other roads serving major airports, ports, rail or truck terminals, railway stations, pipeline terminals and other strategic transport facilities.Individual states...
will run out of money by decade's end without substantial changes and, rather than raise taxes, some states should turn to toll roads leased to private corporations to fill gaps.
Her policies of promoting open borders for commerce created opposition from labor unions.
Mary Peters held a press conference on September 5, 2008 to report that Highway Trust Fund payments to states, including her native Arizona, would be cut back because federal fuel tax collections were dropping.
External links
Mary E. Peters (born December 4, 1948) served as the United States Secretary of Transportation
United States Secretary of Transportation
The United States Secretary of Transportation is the head of the United States Department of Transportation, a member of the President's Cabinet, and fourteenth in the Presidential line of succession. The post was created with the formation of the Department of Transportation on October 15, 1966,...
under President
President
A president is a leader of an organization, company, trade union, university, or country.Etymologically, a president is one who presides, who sits in leadership...
George W. Bush
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
from 2006 to 2009. She is the second woman to hold the position.
Public service career
Peters joined the Arizona Department of TransportationArizona Department of Transportation
The Arizona Department of Transportation is an Arizona state government agency charged with facilitating mobility within the state. In addition to managing the state's highway system, the agency is also involved with public transportation and municipal airports...
in 1985, and was appointed by Gov. Jane Dee Hull
Jane Dee Hull
Jane Dee Hull was the second woman to serve as Governor of Arizona, the first female Republican governor of the state, and the first woman to be elected to the position.-Biography:...
to serve as its director in 1998.
After George W. Bush
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
took office as president in 2001, Peters left for Washington to work as the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration
Federal Highway Administration
The Federal Highway Administration is a division of the United States Department of Transportation that specializes in highway transportation. The agency's major activities are grouped into two "programs," the Federal-aid Highway Program and the Federal Lands Highway Program...
. She worked in that capacity until 2005.
In 2006, President Bush appointed Peters as the Co-Vice Chairwoman of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission. She resigned the post of Secretary of Transportation in anticipation of the in-coming Obama administration. She was succeeded by Ray LaHood
Ray LaHood
Raymond H. "Ray" LaHood is a Republican politician from Illinois who is currently the United States Secretary of Transportation, having served since 2009. Previously, he represented the Illinois's 18th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives for seven terms .-Early life and...
, the 16th U.S. Secretary of Transportation on Thursday, January 22, 2009.
Arizona gubernatorial election speculation
In 2005, there was speculation that Peters would run for governor of Arizona in 2006. At the time, however, she said, while she believed she would have been a strong candidate, and was eligible to run despite having lived and registered to vote in VirginiaVirginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
, that the issue would have been a distraction from the race. She was also a speculated candidate for governor in 2010, however is instead serving as co-chair of incumbent governor Jan Brewer
Jan Brewer
Janice Kay "Jan" Brewer is the 22nd and current Governor of the U.S. state of Arizona and a member of the Republican Party. She is the fourth woman, and third consecutive woman, to hold the office...
's election campaign (along with former state Attorney General Grant Woods
Grant Woods
Grant Woods served as attorney general of Arizona from 1991 until 1999. A Republican, he was first elected in 1990 and was reelected in 1994. He was selected by his fellow Attorneys General as the nation’s top Attorney General in 1995. He chaired the Civil Rights and Supreme Court committees for...
). Ms. Peters is a transportation consultant for national engineering and planning organizations.
Transportation Secretary
On September 5, 2006, Bush nominated Peters to replace Norman MinetaNorman Mineta
Norman Yoshio Mineta, is a United States politician of the Democratic Party. Mineta most recently served in President George W. Bush's Cabinet as the United States Secretary of Transportation, the only Democratic Cabinet Secretary in the Bush administration...
as Secretary of Transportation. She was confirmed on September 29, 2006 by the United States Senate
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
.
Policies
Peters is an advocate of leasing U.S. roads and interstates to private companies and having user feesUser fees
People pay user fees for the use of many public services and facilities. At the federal level in the US, there is a charge for walking to the top of the Statue of Liberty, to drive into many National parks, and to use particular services of the Library of Congress.States may charge tolls for...
(i.e., tolls) for building new highways. In an interview, Peters said that the National Highway System
National Highway System (United States)
The National Highway System is a network of strategic highways within the United States, including the Interstate Highway System and other roads serving major airports, ports, rail or truck terminals, railway stations, pipeline terminals and other strategic transport facilities.Individual states...
will run out of money by decade's end without substantial changes and, rather than raise taxes, some states should turn to toll roads leased to private corporations to fill gaps.
Her policies of promoting open borders for commerce created opposition from labor unions.
Mary Peters held a press conference on September 5, 2008 to report that Highway Trust Fund payments to states, including her native Arizona, would be cut back because federal fuel tax collections were dropping.