{"id":3441,"date":"2022-02-10T12:14:33","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T18:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/?p=3441"},"modified":"2022-06-24T13:07:13","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T18:07:13","slug":"congressional-honorees-to-be-recognized-at-legislative-summit-now-we-build","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/10\/congressional-honorees-to-be-recognized-at-legislative-summit-now-we-build\/","title":{"rendered":"Congressional Honorees to Be Recognized at Legislative Summit: Now We Build!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aapw01.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/01\/LegSummitt22_600p.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3382\" width=\"221\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/01\/LegSummitt22_600p.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/01\/LegSummitt22_600p-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/01\/LegSummitt22_600p-300x297.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>At this year\u2019s&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/my.aapa-ports.org\/Public\/Events\/Event_Display.aspx?EventKey=22SPRING\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Legislative Summit:&nbsp;<em>Now We Build!<\/em><\/span><\/a>&nbsp;on March 29-31, in Washington D.C., AAPA will recognize Senators Bill Cassidy, MD (R-LA) and Mark R. Warner (D-VA) with the 2022&nbsp;\u2018Port Persons\u2019 of the Year&nbsp;Award. The association will also present Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) with the AAPA President\u2019s Award for Legislative Leadership, an inaugural designation for distinguished service. These awards highlight the outstanding policy work by these individuals and their persevering efforts, including their work toward the passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act\/Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which allocates historic investments in ports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reserve your spot to thank these Senators in person at the Legislative Summit, which will take place from March 29-31 at the Washington Marriott at Metro Center in Washington, D.C. Register now and save with&nbsp;early-bird&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/my.aapa-ports.org\/Public\/Events\/Event_Display.aspx?EventKey=22SPRING\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">rates&nbsp;here<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At this year\u2019s&nbsp;Legislative Summit:&nbsp;Now We Build!&nbsp;on March 29-31, in Washington D.C., AAPA will recognize Senators Bill Cassidy, MD (R-LA) and Mark R. Warner (D-VA) with the 2022&nbsp;\u2018Port Persons\u2019 of the Year&nbsp;Award. The association will also present Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) with the AAPA President\u2019s Award for Legislative Leadership, an inaugural designation for distinguished service. These &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":3414,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3441","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\/3441","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=3441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}