A House committee has initiated a probe of actions of U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao that it contends raise “troubling questions” about whether Chao used her government office to help herself and her family.
House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), the chair of the economic and consumer policy subcommittee, wrote to Chao on Sept. 16 stating that the panel had launched an investigation and requested a long list of documents and other information from her. They asked Chao to submit the information by Sept. 30.