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Rep. Laura Richardson Speaks to Streetsblog After Today’s Field Hearing

4:59 PM EST on February 23, 2011

Congresswoman Laura Richardson, one of two LA-area members of Congress that sit on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, took a moment to speak directly to Streetsblog readers following today's Joint U.S. Senate and House Field Hearing on the Transportation Reauthorization Bill. 

We'll have more on the Field Hearing in a little bit, but in the meantime, take a second to listen to the Congresswoman's impressions of what happened earlier today.

Damien Newton

Damien is the first editor of Streetsblog Los Angeles, the impact journalism site that’s bringing better transportation options to the City of Angels. Before moving west, he was the NJ Coordinator for the Tri-State Transportation Campaign, and he has lent his media relations know-how to a number of advocacy campaigns. Damien holds a Masters of Arts in Public Communications from American University and was a 2011 Annenberg School of Journalism "Online Health Journalism Fellow." Follow Damien on Twitter @damientypes.

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