Fmr. TSA Official on terrorists traveling to the U.S.
Fox Business – December 4th, 2015
GGA’s Tom Blank discusses gaining intelligence information about questionable travelers from the Middle East.
On Ex-Im Bank, GOP leadership allies launch rebellion of their own
The Washington Post – October 27th, 2015
The House approved the reauthorization of the U.S. Export-Import Bank (Ex-IM), with a majority of Republicans joining almost all Democrats to demonstrate broad bipartisan support to revive the finance agency. This effort was made possible by leading consultant, Tom O’Donnell of Gephardt Government Affairs. Tom rallied the support of Pro-business conservatives to use a rare procedural tool know as a Discharge Petition. The petition allowed lawmakers to dislodge Ex-Im legislation that has been held back by party leaders.
According to the Washington Post “By almost every measure, the move was historic. It was just the third time that all 218 signatures — a bare majority in the House — for a discharge petition have been procured on the same day, according to an Oct. 14 report by the Congressional Research Service. Also, if the bank is revived, it would mark just the third time that a law was passed by going entirely through the discharge-petition route, CRS said. The other two were the first national minimum wage bill in the 1930s and a federal pay bill 55 years ago.”
Scripps moves out of transitional phase, picks new leadership
South Florida Business Journal – September 18th, 2015
Former House majority leader Dick Gephardt is chair of the Scripps board of trustees. The Scripps Research Institute announced chemist Peter Schultz would be the organization’s new CEO and Steve Kay its president.
Report: Airports test use of unmanned control towers
Fox News – September 15th, 2015
An Airport in Northern Sweden has an airport testing the use of unmanned control towers. Critics are worried it could lead to confusion, even a possible crash. Fox News interviews Scott Brenner of Gephardt Government Affairs who was a former senior official with the Federal Aviation Administration.
Four planes targeted by lasers in NY, NJ
MSBC – July 22nd, 2015
More than 2,700 laser incidents with planes have occurred this year. Gephardt Government Affairs Executive Vice President Tom Blank and MSNBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin discuss the dangers that lasers pose against planes.
GGA’s Scott Brenner comments on Gyrocopter pilot
CBS News – April 17th, 2015
GGA’s Scott Brenner comments on the man who flew a gyrocopter to the U.S. Capitol