Senate Democrats call for investigation into FAA chief stock divestiture

Duckworth, Cantwell, Markey Demand Investigation into Whether FAA Chief Deliberately Violated Ethics Agreement to Boost Stock Payout Beyond $25M

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation (CST) Subcommittee on Aviation and Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Ranking Member of CST and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) today requested that the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation (DOT) investigate whether Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator and former Republic Airways CEO Bryan Bedford deliberately vi…

Senators seek probe of FAA chief's stock sale

WASHINGTON — Three Democratic U.S. senators asked a federal watchdog Thursday to investigate if the Federal Aviation Administration chief violated his ethics agreement by delaying a stock divestiture to boost his payout after he left as CEO of Republic Airways.

Senate Democrats call for investigation into FAA chief stock divestiture

Senate Democrats on Thursday called on a federal watchdog to investigate Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Bryan Bedford’s stock divestment, accusing him of making profits that “violated his ethics agreement.” Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) called on Department of Transportation Deputy Inspector General Mitch Behm to look into evidence…

Key Democrat seeks inspector general probe into FAA chief’s airline stock divestment

Sen. Maria Cantwell and other lawmakers want an investigation into whether the agency’s administrator “profited from deliberately violating his ethics agreement.”