WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 28: US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood (L) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski (R) take their seats to testify about legislation to curb the behavior of drivers distracted by mobile phone calls, texts and e-mail, during a hearing of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on Capitol Hill on October 28, 2009 in Washington, DC.LaHood reportedly will also include distracted flying in the initiative. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 28: US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood (L) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski (R) take their seats to testify about legislation to curb the behavior of drivers distracted by mobile phone calls, texts and e-mail, during a hearing of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on Capitol Hill on October 28, 2009 in Washington, DC.LaHood reportedly will also include distracted flying in the initiative.

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  7. President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks during a meeting with members of his Cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Seated at the table are Secretary of Sate Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, behind Obama, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, second from right, and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.
  8. President Barack Obama speaks during a meeting with members of his Cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. At left is Defense Secretary Robert Gates, and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, right.
  9. Defense Secretary Roberty Gates, third from left, watches as President Barack Obama speaks during a meeting with members of his Cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Also seated at the table are Secretary of Sate Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, second from right, and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, right.
  10. In this photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, Visiting U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, right, shakes hands with Russian Transport Minister Igor Levitin during their meeting on the sidelines of the conference on road safety in Moscow. A first meeting of the world's transport ministers on road safety is to begin Thursday in Moscow. A group of road safety advocates urging world leaders to treat road accidents as though they were a killer disease.
  11. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 04: U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood testifies during a joint hearing before the Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection Subcommittee and Communications, Technology and the Internet Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Capitol Hill November 4, 2009 in Washington, DC. The hearing focused on the distraction related to operating telecommunication devices while driving.
  12. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 04: U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood testifies during a joint hearing before the Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection Subcommittee and Communications, Technology and the Internet Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Capitol Hill November 4, 2009 in Washington, DC. The hearing focused on the distraction related to operating telecommunication devices while driving.
  13. US President Barack Obama speaks during an event celebrating the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Washington, DC, on October 14, 2009. Dedicated to improving civic education and educating about the role and importance of the US Senate and named after the late Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy, the Institute will be located on the campus of the University of Massachusetts.
  14. U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) puts his arm around Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi as they speak about their meeting between Congressional leadership and President Barack Obama on Afghanistan and Pakistan at the White House in Washington, October 6, 2009.
  15. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 01: Ranking member U.S. Senate Finance Committee member Chuck Grassley (R-IA) listens during a hearing on Capitol Hill October 1, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee continued to vote on amendments to healthcare reform legislation.
  16. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 01: Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) speaks during a hearing before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill October 1, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee continued to vote on amendments to healthcare reform legislation.

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