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Former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has taken a position as a senior adviser with the Dirksen Congressional Center, a nonprofit group that helps educate people about Congress, the Washington Post reported Wednesday.

LaHood, who , was succeeded by Anthony Foxx.

Prior to that, he was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for 14 years, representing the Peoria, Ill., area.

LaHood sits on the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics Board of Advisors, the Post reported.