May 14, 2024

REMINDER: T&I Democrats and Safety Advocates to Host Press Conference on Ending Traffic Fatalities

Washington, D.C.—Wednesday, May 15, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Rick Larsen (D-WA), Members of Congress, and transportation safety advocates will host a press conference during Infrastructure Week on ending traffic fatalities. In 2023, more than 44,000 people died from traffic crashes in the United States, representing a public safety epidemic. Members of Congress will join family members of victims to call for more investments, building on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, to make the nation’s transportation system safer for all users.

 
WHAT:

 		 Press Conference on Ending Traffic Fatalities
Media Q&A will follow remarks.
 

 

WHO:










 

Ranking Member Rick Larsen, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Representative Steve Cohen, Tennessee’s 9th Congressional District
Representative Seth Moulton, Massachusetts’ 6th Congressional District
Representative Chris Pappas, New Hampshire’s 1st Congressional District
Representative Emilia Sykes, Ohio’s 13th Congressional District
Lorraine Martin, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Safety Council
Tiffani May, Survivor of Impaired Driving Crash in North Las Vegas, NV 
Jennifer Smith, CEO, StopDistractions.org, Lost Mother in a Distracted Driving Crash in Oklahoma
 
WHERE: House Triangle and virtually.
WHEN:
Wednesday, May 15, at 11:00 a.m.
Media set-up at 10:45 a.m.


To attend, please RSVP to Hale Diamond at hale.diamond@mail.house.gov.


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