The Senate Commerce Committee on Thursday advanced three transportation nominees.
The panel approved Seval Oz to be the Department of Transportation’s assistant secretary for research and technology, 16-12; Michael Graham to remain on the National Transportation Safety Board, 21-7; and Richard Kloster to join the Surface Transportation Board, 15-13.
All three got confirmation hearings in 2025 but didn’t receive floor votes, forcing President Donald Trump to renominate them.
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Oz, the sister of Medicare and Medicaid chief Mehmet Oz, has been serving as a senior adviser at DOT since September. She has a deep background in autonomous vehicles, a priority area for Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.
