Senator, nice to be back with you in studio today, and there is exciting news about a Biden nominee.

You and I were talking about this behind the scenes, and I want to bring people into this part of

discussion. There was a guy that was nominated for the FAA position to lead it that was just not

qualified for the position. You actually liked him as an individual, but it was the wrong person

for this job. Now the Biden administration has withdrawn him. Talk a little bit about the dynamics here,

because to be honest, it's the second time they've had a nominee that's not made it through.

And without your leadership, I'm going to say this because it was obvious. This would not have happened if you weren't in the

position that you're in. And Americans should feel safer now because of this. Well, it's a big deal.

Big news broke this weekend Saturday night, sort of quietly late at night trying to avoid the news.

The Biden administration announced they were withdrawing Phil Washington

their nominee for FAA. This is now the second major nominee, the White House has withdrawn.

Earlier they withdrew G.G. Sown, who they had nominated the Federal Communications Commission.

Both of those nominees go through the Commerce Committee. And I am, as of this year, the new

ranking member on the Commerce Committee. In other words, I'm the lead Republican on the Senate

Commerce Committee. It's the Committee on Commerce Science and Transportation. It's got

jurisdiction over about half the U.S. economy, including both of these appointees. Both of them now we've

taken them down. And it was not by accident. Look, it is a good thing. We talked last week on the

pod about Phil Washington and why he was not qualified to run the FAA, why this is an incredibly

important safety and security job, and he didn't have the background in aviation or aviation safety.

G.G. Sown, we've talked about a lot on the podcast as well. She's a left-wing radical and activist, someone who hates Fox News, who's described Fox News as a threat to democracy, who has advocated using government power to silence voices she doesn't

like. She would have been very dangerous as a government regulator. I do think that there

are valuable lessons to be taken in terms of how on the Commerce Committee we were able

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