President Biden’s nominee to head the Federal Aviation Administration has withdrawn after Republicans assailed his selection and Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Arizona) scuttled a planned committee vote last week, congressional aides said.
Transit and airport executive Phillip Washington, a 24-year Army veteran and chief executive of Denver International Airport, headed Biden’s transition team for transportation after the 2020 election.
The FAA’s reputation was tarnished after two new Boeing 737s the agency certified as safe crashed in Indonesia in 2018 and Ethiopia in 2019, killing 346 people. Congressional investigators found the agency had ceded too much of its oversight responsibilities to Boeing, and Congress passed legislation in 2020 meant to address some of the shortcomings.Sen.
“An onslaught of unfounded Republican attacks on Mr. Washington’s service and experience irresponsibly delayed this process,” the White House said. “Despite Senate Republicans’ months-long, relentless campaign to sink the nomination of a qualified military veteran, our Administration believes that service in uniform is an asset.
At his nomination hearing March 1, Washington struggled, at times, to effectively fend off Republican attacks, according to two former Transportation Department officials. When pressed by Sen. Ted Budd to answer rapid-fire technical questions, Washington repeatedly said he did not know the answers.“You know, the FAA can’t afford to be led by someone who needs on-the-job training,” Budd said.
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