Name: Ray LaHood
Official Title: Secretary of Transportation
Official Department: Department of Transportation

My roles:

Provide safety across all modes:
This allows me to ensure that every mode of transportation is safe, whether it's airplanes, car, trains, etc.

Shape the future economy:
I can help shape the future economy by creating new jobs and building new transportation infrastructure.

Oversee air, maritime and surface transportation missions.
I am in charge of leading an agency that oversees all types of transportation missions

Quote:
“We're going to have to put a real sharp pencil to the budget, sharper than we have ever had to do before”

Significance:
This quote helps to demonstrate the tight budget that our government is running on. The Department of Transportation is on a very sharp budget and must be able to use the small budget to preform all of their designated tasks.

Video:
http://www.dot.gov/videos/index.html

Summary:
This video talks about the issues of distracted driving and how I am planning on solving them. Many preventable causalities are due to distracted driving, and I am working hard to solve this issue through legislation.