{"id":738,"date":"2016-07-19T11:29:45","date_gmt":"2016-07-19T15:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=738"},"modified":"2018-08-09T11:39:35","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T15:39:35","slug":"former-congressman-daniel-b-maffei-joins-the-fmc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/former-congressman-daniel-b-maffei-joins-the-fmc\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Congressman Daniel B. Maffei Joins the FMC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>July 19, 2016<\/div>\n<p>Daniel B. Maffei was sworn-in on July 18, 2016 as a Commissioner of the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) for a term expiring on June 30, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Maffei was nominated on November 19, 2015, confirmed by the United States Senate on June 29, 2016 and appointed to the Commission by the President July 18, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>A native of Syracuse, New York, Commissioner Maffei worked as an aide to both Members of the House of Representatives and the United States Senate. He later served two non-consecutive terms representing the 24th and 25th Congressional Districts of New York during the 111th (2009-2011) and 113th (2013-2015) Congresses respectively. Prior to entering office at the Federal Maritime Commission, Commissioner Maffei was serving at the U.S. Department of Commerce.<\/p>\n<p>“I am very pleased that Dan Maffei has joined the Federal Maritime Commission,” said Chairman Mario Cordero. “Commissioner Maffei is a committed public servant who has a serious-minded approach to examining policy matters. He is an excellent addition to the Commission and I look forward to working with him through his term.”<\/p>\n<p>In addition to his previous public service, Commissioner Maffei worked as a journalist, a campaign manager, a business executive, and a college lecturer.<\/p>\n<p>“I am very honored by the President\u2019s appointment and the Senate\u2019s confirmation to serve on a Commission so vital to the nation\u2019s commerce. Our maritime transportation system continues to adapt to a changing, globalized world,” said Commissioner Maffei. “I am eager to work with Chairman Mario Cordero and my fellow Commissioners to address the many maritime commerce issues that lay ahead in a way that maximizes future benefits to American workers, farmers and businesses.”<\/p>\n<p>Commissioner Maffei is a graduate of: Brown University (B.A., History 1986); Columbia University (M.S., Journalism 1991); and Harvard University (M.P.P. 1995). He is married and has one child, a daughter.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/assets\/1\/Page\/maffei.JPG\" alt=\" \" width=\"400\" height=\"280\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Commissioner Maffei being sworn in<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>The Federal Maritime Commission is responsible for regulating the Nation\u2019s international ocean transportation for the benefit of exporters, importers, and the American consumer. The Commission\u2019s mission is to foster a fair, efficient, and reliable international ocean transportation system while protecting the public from unfair and deceptive practices.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 19, 2016 Daniel B. Maffei was sworn-in on July 18, 2016 as a Commissioner of the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) for a term expiring on June 30, 2017. Mr. Maffei was nominated on November 19, 2015, confirmed by the United States Senate on June 29, 2016 and appointed to... <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"\/former-congressman-daniel-b-maffei-joins-the-fmc\/\">Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=738"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":739,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738\/revisions\/739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}