The Senate voted 98-0 to approve President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday, ending a span of nearly 19 months in which the agency was without a Senate-confirmed chief.
Michael Whitaker is a former deputy FAA administrator and most recently served as chief operating officer of a Hyundai affiliate that is developing an air taxi.
Whitaker will take over an agency that faces many challenges, including a surge in close calls between planes at major airports, a shortage of air traffic controllers, and aging technology that resulted in a brief nationwide halt in flights in January.
Did something happen to Tommy Tube or is he just taking a break from being an insufferable impediment to public officials doing their jobs?
I think Tube’s beef is with military appointments/promotions and not public ones. I might be wrong, but I’m not sure what other types of appointments he has blocked.
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