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Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx will be promoting his policy priorities when he speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, D.C., on March 16.

Daphne Jefferson was named deputy administrator at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in February, succeeding Bill Bronrott, according to a letter from the agency’s acting administrator obtained by Transport Topics.

WASHINGTON — Sen. John Thune, chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and the chamber’s third-ranking Republican, said a tax overhaul could solve the short- and long-term funding woes facing the federal transportation system.

Scott Darling, acting administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, is scheduled to appear March 4��before a Senate subcommittee that has jurisdiction over trucking regulations.

WASHINGTON — A Senate transportation panel will unveil a multiyear highway bill before there is a need to approve a short-term extension of funding authority for highway programs, which expires in late spring, the panel’s chairman told Transport Topics on Feb. 25.

WASHINGTON -- Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx wrapped up a weeklong bus tour of the southeast Feb. 20 by telling about 100 supporters at Union Station to urge Congress to approve a highway bill before funding for infrastructure projects expires in May.

On Feb. 20, the secretary is scheduled to wrap up his weeklong regional tour where he will promote infrastructure spending at an event��in��Union Station in Washington, D.C.��