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Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao testifies before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on President Donald Trump's trillion-dollar-plus plan to boost infrastructure, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 6, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Chao, lawmakers tangle over Hudson River rail tunnel project

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with lawmakers about trade policy in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, in Washington. FBI Director Christopher Wray said the agency provided the White House with information twice last year about the top Trump aide who resigned as staff secretary last week after domestic violence allegations from two ex-wives became public. Wray said the bureau closed its background investigation on Rob Porter in January, weeks before the allegations were published. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump donates first-quarter salary to infrastructure rebuilding

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Chao says companies must allay public’s autonomous car fears

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U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announces new voluntary safety guidelines for self-driving cars during a visit to an autonomous vehicle testing facility, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017, at the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor, Mich. The new guidelines update policies issued last fall by the Obama administration, which were also largely voluntary. (Max Ortiz/Detroit News via AP)

US updates self-driving car guidelines as more hit the road

By DEE-ANN DURBIN - Associated Press

In this Aug. 30, 2017, photo, barges are secured by tugboats in the flood-swollen Burnet Bay along the Houston Ship Channel in Houston. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

Elaine Chao: Harvey’s devastation worse than Katrina

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump walks out of the elevator to speak in the lobby of Trump Tower, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017 in New York. Walking out with Trump are Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, and National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

In his own words: President Trump on Charlottesville protest

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Rice, Graham meet with federal DOT secretary on I-73 funding

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Transportation secretary to headline Fargo drone conference

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Steve Mnuchin has seen his confirmation for Treasury Secretary stalled due to tactics led by Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and other members of the Democratic Party. (Associated Press)

Democrats stall Trump Cabinet picks with boycott, panel shutdown

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 21, 2016 photo, former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao arrives at Trump Tower in New York, to meet with President-elect Donald Trump. President-elect Trump has picked Elaine Chao as Transportation secretary. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Elaine Chao’s record suggests skepticism on new safety regs

By JOAN LOWY and JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

President-elect Donald Trump, his wife Melania and Vice president-elect Mike Pence, pose for photographers with House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. after a meeting in the Speaker's office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump tapping Washington, Wall Street veterans for top jobs

By STEVE PEOPLES and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and JULIE PACE - Associated Press