Biden withdraws Ann Carlson as nominee to lead US auto safety agency after GOP pushes back

[Kamaji]

Biden withdraws Ann Carlson as nominee to lead US auto safety agency after GOP pushes back

By Victor Nava
May 31, 2023

The White House on Tuesday withdrew the nomination of Ann Carlson to lead the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration amid Republican and industry group opposition.

President Biden nominated Carlson, who is currently the acting head of the Department of Transportation subagency, back in February, and her nomination was sent to the Senate Commerce Committee a month later.

Carlson is the third Biden nominee that has faltered upon being sent to the Senate’s commerce panel.

The 80-year-old president’s picks to lead the Federal Communications Commission –  Gigi Sohn – and the Federal Aviation Administration – Phillip Washington – were previously withdrawn by the White House.

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.”

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/05/31/biden-withdraws-ann-carlson-as-nominee-to-lead-us-auto-safety-agency-after-gop-pushes-back/

[Kamaji]

Dear GOP:  See what can happen when you display a modicum of backbone?

[PeteS in CA]

From W'pedia's bio article, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_E._Carlson :

Education
Carlson earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1982 and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1989.[1]

Career
Carlson joined the faculty of UCLA in 1994.[1] She previously practiced law with the Los Angeles public interest law firm Hall and Phillips (now Phillips and Cohen), where she represented Stephanie Nordlinger in a challenge to California's Proposition 13 in a case that reached the Supreme Court of the United States.[3] Her work representing Emil Stache and Almon Muelhausen in a case under the False Claims Act against Teledyne Industries[4] was featured in the book The Giantkillers.[5]

At UCLA, Carlson has served as Academic Associate Dean and currently serves as Vice Dean for Faculty Recruitment and Intellectual Life. Carlson's scholarship examines unusual arrangements of federalism, evaluation of domestic environmental law and policy, and climate change.[1] Carlson is the recipient of UCLA's highest teaching honor, the Eby Award for the Art of Teaching, and the Rutter Award for Excellence in Teaching.[6]

Carlson served as a panelist for the influential National Academy of Sciences committee on Limiting the Magnitude of Climate Change.[7] She is a member of the Steering Committee of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Alternative Energy Future project.[8] Carlson is a frequent commentator on environmental issues[9][10] and a founder of and frequent blogger at Legal Planet.[11]

Carlson is an Enviro and Warmista activist-lawyer, with zero expertise in anything automotive (does she even drive herself to work?). Good. Riddance!!!