Ray LaHood talks Trump, Obama, Sinatra

摘要

For Ray LaHood, being a Republican in a Democratic Cabinet never got awkward. The longtime Illinois congressman who was President Obama's first Transportation secretary, had a "great friendship" with the president and has a lot of friends in both parties, he said in a recent interview. LaHood left Obama's Cabinet in 2013, but he's stayed entrenched in transportation. He does some consulting for clients but notes proudly that he's "not a lobbyist." He's also a policy adviser at the law firm DLA Piper, and he's working with former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I) on a bipartisan infrastructure policy group.