{"id":2635,"date":"2021-05-13T12:54:30","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T17:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/?p=2635"},"modified":"2021-05-24T08:54:43","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T13:54:43","slug":"aapa-president-ceo-addresses-congress-on-port-infrastructure-needs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/13\/aapa-president-ceo-addresses-congress-on-port-infrastructure-needs\/","title":{"rendered":"AAPA President &amp; CEO Addresses Congress on Port Infrastructure Needs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/aapw01.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/05\/Chris-Connor_headshot_400p.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/05\/Chris-Connor_headshot_400p.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/05\/Chris-Connor_headshot_400p-251x300.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AAPA&#8217;s President and CEO Chris Connor testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Maritime, Freight, and Ports on May 12. During the hearing on\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commerce.senate.gov\/2021\/5\/freight-mobility-strengthening-america-s-supply-chains-and-competitiveness\" target=\"_blank\"><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Freight Mobility: Strengthening America\u2019s Supply Chains and Competitiveness<\/span><\/em><\/a>, Connor urged the Subcommittee leaders to\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/aapa.cms-plus.com\/files\/AAPAChrisConnorSenateSubcommitteeTestimonyMay2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">support robust federal investment for port infrastructure<\/span><\/a>\u00a0projects to ensure the U.S. supply chain remains strong and globally competitive. View a\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?c4962814\/user-clip-connor-testifies-senate-commerce-committee-hearing-us-supply-chain\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">video clip of yesterday&#8217;s testimony<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AAPA&#8217;s President and CEO Chris Connor testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Maritime, Freight, and Ports on May 12. During the hearing on\u00a0Freight Mobility: Strengthening America\u2019s Supply Chains and Competitiveness, Connor urged the Subcommittee leaders to\u00a0support robust federal investment for port infrastructure\u00a0projects to ensure the U.S. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":2636,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}