Elaine Chao, President-elect Trump’s pick to head the Transportation Department, received a warm reception during a Senate hearing Wednesday on her nomination. No lawmaker expressed objections to her nomination and several offered praise for her.

“To my colleagues, I would say that, if you were to imagine an ideal candidate to tackle these challenges (to the nation’s transportation infrastructure), it would be hard to come up with a more qualified nominee than the one before us,” said Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., chairman of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, in his opening statement.