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TRANSACTIONS NEWSLETTER ONLINE

October 2000
Shining Stars
24th Annual Transportation Awards

JOHN F. FORAN LEGISLATIVE AWARD
CONGRESSWOMAN ELLEN TAUSCHER

Ellen Tauscher
Photo: Courtesy Congresswoman Tauscher's office
Congresswoman Ellen Tauscher has been a strong voice for Bay Area transportation in Washington for the past four years, and her work is being honored with this year's John F. Foran Legislative Award.

Representing the 10th Congressional District, which encompasses the East Bay suburbs, Rep. Tauscher has taken the initiative to tackle some of the Bay Area's toughest transportation problems.

As Steve Heminger, MTC's deputy executive director, explained, "Congresswoman Tauscher has been a true champion for the Bay Area on the House Transportation Committee. She has fought to protect the ability of local officials to make the best transportation investment decisions for their own communities.

"And," Heminger said, "she has been instrumental in delivering critical federal funding for the region's rail expansion program, which has produced new rail service in the East Bay and the Silicon Valley, and will help bring BART to the San Francisco International Airport in 2002."

The John F. Foran Legislative Award was created in 1986 upon the retirement of state Sen. John Foran, a longtime friend of transportation who is the author of the bill that created MTC. The Foran Award is presented annually to the state or federal legislator whose efforts best sustain excellence in transportation policy.

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