Ann Carlson is the third Biden nominee that has faltered upon being sent to the Senate’s commerce panel.
Carlson faced stiff opposition from Republicans on the Senate Commerce Committee, who earlier this month criticized her role in the development of fuel-economy standards in 2021, arguing they were “consistent with your long career as an environmentalist without traffic safety experience.”
The Biden-Harris transition team hired Carlson in January of 2021 to serve as NHTSA’s chief counsel. She was previously an environmental law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.at UCLA shortly after her hiring by the incoming Biden administration that she would serve in a role focused on combating climate change.
Carlson faced opposition from Republicans on the Senate Commerce Committee regarding her credibility to lead the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.“I’m being appointed along with the deputy administrator as the first NHTSA appointees ever with serious climate expertise,” she said in another email, according to Fox News Digital.
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