07/22/2026 at 10:30AM
Full committee executive session.
Legislation
- S. 1759, Supersonic Aviation Modernization Act
- S. 3258, Aviation Medication Transparency Act of 2025
- S. 3885, Aviation Innovation and Global Competitiveness Act
- S. 4429, Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026
- S. 4448, Accelerating Broadband Permits Act of 2026
- S. 4691, Disaster Communications Coordination and Preparedness Act
- S. 4802, Hurricane Hunter Aircraft Recapitalization Act
Nominees:
- Thomas B. Chapman, of Maryland, to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board.
- Edward Eppler, of Connecticut, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Transportation.
- Karen Jean Hedlund, of New York, to be a Member of the Surface Transportation Board.
- Brien Lorenze, of Virginia, to be a Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
- Karen Sessions, of Texas, to be a Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
- David Cummins, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration.
Cummins worked as a senior vice president of the Citizen Services Business Group at Serco, a government contractor that works with local and federal agencies. He was the Director of Operations Management for the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic organizing committee. Cummins holds an MBA from the University of Michigan Business School, an MA in International Affairs from the George Washington University, and a BA in Political Science from Messiah College.
Serco is one of the largest non-government employers of air traffic controllers in the world, managing numerous air traffic control towers for the FAA across the United States, and is a major provider of private prisons. They are known as the “ICE of Europe” for their deportation infrastructure.