Ray+LaHood

Ray LaHood is the 16th secretary of transportation. Obama wanted him to lead the departmen and the Senate approved! He got his wish! Ray is mostly focused on saftey, people who use thier comunities and there transportationg systum. He leads and agency with more than 55,000 employies and a 70 billion dollar budget that oversees air, maritime, and surface transportation missions. He brings all of Obmas prioritys to the dapartment. Ray has served for 14 years in the U.S. House of representitives from 1995-2009. He has also served on the house of transportation, Infrastructure Committie, and House Appropriations Committie. LaHood and his wife, Kathy, have four children (Darin, Amy, Sam, and Sara) and seven grandchildren. Graduated from Bradley University in 1971 with bachelor's degrees in education and sociology. Before entering politics in 1977 as an administrative assistant to Illinois Congressman Tom Railsback, LaHood taught junior high school social studies. LaHood's grandfather was a Lebanese immigrant. His family is Roman Catholic. Ray LaHood, a former congressman from Illinois and a Republican. He was born on December 6th, 1945. LaHood, a downstate Republican, is the President-elect's first full Republican appointee.