THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER – WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate voted 100-0 Thursday morning to confirm Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx to be the next U.S. Transportation Secretary after Sen. John Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat, said Foxx would be a “superb” person to lead the country’s transportation network.
Senators began voting on Foxx’s nomination shortly after 11:30 a.m.
Foxx, 42, will immediately confront safety and funding challenges in a large department that oversees the nation’s highway, transit, aviation and rail networks.
Skeptics have questioned whether Foxx brings enough heft to the job. But supporters admire his push in Charlotte for improvements to the city’s airport, highways and transit systems. Others like his experience working with the federal government on the local level.
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