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The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Elaine Chao page on 4 July 2018, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Elaine Lan Chao is the 18th and current United States Secretary of Transportation. A member of the Republican Party, she was previously a cabinet member in the administration of President George W. Bush.
On November 29, 2016, President-elect Donald Trump nominated Chao to serve as the Secretary of Transportation. She was confirmed by the Senate on January 31, 2017, in a 93–6 vote.
Chao served as the 24th United States Secretary of Labor under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009, and as Deputy Secretary of Transportation and Director of the Peace Corps under President George H. W. Bush. Chao served as president of the United Way of America from 1992-1996 and served as a Distinguished Fellow with The Heritage Foundation before and after her service as U.S. Secretary of Labor. Prior to being sworn in as the U.S. Secretary of Transportation on January 31, 2017, she was a Distinguished Fellow with the Hudson Institute.
Born in Taipei, Taiwan, to Chinese parents who had left mainland China in 1949, Chao was the first Asian American woman and the first Chinese American in U.S. history to be appointed to a President's Cabinet. Chao is married to U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, who has been the Senate Majority Leader since January 3, 2015.
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Subject: Raymond P. Martinez sworn in as Federal Highway Administrator by Elaine L. Chao
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation Date: 1 March 2018 Caption: U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao swears in Raymond P. Martinez as Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. From left: Raymond Martinez, his wife Marin Gibson and Secretary Elaine L. Chao. Article: Raymond Martinez Begins Tenure as New Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrator View photo of Elaine L. Chao swears in Raymond P. Martinez - 118KB |
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Subject: Nicole R. Nason sworn in as Federal Highway Administrator by Elaine L. Chao
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation Date: 2 May 2019 Caption: U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao swears in Nicole R. Nason as Administrator for the Federal Highway Administration, with Nason’s husband David, and children Abby, Alex and Brady, in attendance. Article: Nicole R. Nason Sworn in as New Federal Highway Administrator View photo of Elaine L. Chao swears in Nicole R. Nason - 5.1MB |
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| 11 January 2017 hearing date | Nomination of Hon. Elaine L. Chao, to be Secretary of the Department of Transportation Hearing Before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation U.S. Senate |  PDF - 3.1MB - 149 pages |
