NLC President Ralph Becker Advocates for City Priorities on Capitol Hill, July 2015

Photos by Tim Mudd and Tom Martin

Advocating for the Needs of Cities

NLC President Ralph Becker, mayor, Salt Lake City, Utah, listens to John Tanner, Legislative Director for Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah). Mayor Becker discussed the critical need for e-fairness legislation and urged the Senator to cosponsor the Marketplace Fairness Act (6.698).

NLC CEO Clarence Anthony (right) and NLC Federal Advocacy Director Carolyn Coleman (left) are welcomed by Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence (D-Mich.) to the Capitol building.

Rep. Lawrence and Mr. Anthony discussed NLC’s legislative priorities, including passing a long-term surface transportation bill and the Remote Transactions Parity Act (RTPA).

Members of Rep. Lawrence’s staff hold up a visual aid displaying options to fund transportation priorities.

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) and NLC President Ralph Becker pose for a photo-op. During their meeting, Mayor Becker thanked the congressman for his leadership on e-fairness.

Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.) listens to NLC Program Director Mike Wallace discuss NLC’s position on the recently introduced DRIVE Act.

Mayor Becker commends Senator Inhofe for introducing the DRIVE Act, a long-term transportation bill, and offers ideas for improving support of multi-modal and active transportation projects that drive development and job creation in cities and towns today.

Mayor Becker explains the importance of local-state-federal collaboration to the success of long-term resiliency planning at a Center for American Progress forum.

The event was kicked off by Shaun Donovan, Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget.

NLC President Ralph Becker meets with Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate EPW Committee and the original Democratic co-sponsor of the bipartisan DRIVE Act.

Before heading back to Salt Lake City, Mayor Becker films a call-to-action urging fellow city leaders to call their representatives and ask them to cosponsor the Remote Transactions Parity Act (RTPA).