NLC President Ralph Becker, mayor, Salt Lake City, Utah, recently visited the nation’s capitol to push for support of two major National League of Cities (NLC) legislative priorities: the Remote Transactions Parity Act and the DRIVE Act. View the slideshow for an insider’s look into the mayor’s conversations with lawmakers on Capitol Hill.

1. Photos by Tim Mudd and Tom Martin
Advocating for the Needs of Cities

2. 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).

3. 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.

4. 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).

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

6. 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.

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

8. 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.

9. 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.

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

11. 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.

12. 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).