Regulations and Government
Chao Swears In as DOT Secretary
Senate Commerce chairman Thune said Chao has the bipartisan backing of the Senate.

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence swore in Elaine Chao as Secretary of Transportation during a ceremony yesterday at the Eisenhower Executive Office in Washington, D.C., just hours after the Senate confirmed her nomination. Chao, who formerly served as deputy secretary of transportation under President George H. W. Bush, tweeted shortly after her swearing in that “it is an honor to rejoin the extraordinary people of [the U.S. DOT] and begin working to rebuild America's infrastructure.” She also issued a statement calling infrastructure “the backbone of our economy,” detailing the need to rebuild it and address new technologies such as unmanned aerial systems and autonomous vehicles.

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