Sean Duffy has been confirmed by the US Senate Commerce Committee as the new Secretary of Transportation, while Patrick J. Fuchs has been appointed Chair of the Surface Transportation Board (STB). Duffy, who was a member of the House of Representatives from 2011 to 2019 and has hosted The Bottom Line on the Fox Business Network since 2023, succeeds Pete Buttigieg. The final decision on his appointment is still up to the Senate. Fuchs, who was confirmed for his second five-year term on the Board in May 2024, succeeds Robert E. Primus, who will remain a member of the Board until the end of his second term on 31st December 2027. Prior to his appointment to the STB in 2019, Fuchs was a senior staff member in the Land and Maritime Transportation Division for the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.
