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    ROADS/BRIDGES: Elaine Chao sworn in as transportation secretary

    Feb. 1, 2017

    The new appointee promises to immediately form committees to investigate fixing national infrastructure

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    President Trump’s nominee for transportation secretary easily won confirmation yesterday, amid fallout from the administration’s temporary ban on travelers from seven majority-Muslim nations.

    In a 93-6 vote, the U.S. Senate endorsed Elaine Chao to lead the transportation department, where she is expected to be a crucial ally in helping Trump move a massive infrastructure package through Congress.

    Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sens. Kristen Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.) Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D- Mass.) all voted against her.

    Chao was joined for the swearing-in ceremony by her husband, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), and several of her sisters and their husbands and children.

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