When Chao left the department in 2009, she faced a deluge of criticism. Many complained Chao favored employers over workers and was lax with regulation, not only on enforcement but on worker safety.
Though Foremost has played a pivotal role in McConnell’s life, bestowing the senator with most of his personal wealth and generating thousands in donations to his campaign committees, the drug bust went unnoticed in Kentucky, where every bit of McConnell-related news has generated fodder for the campaign trail. That’s because, like many international shipping companies, Chao’s firm is shrouded from public view, concealing its identity and limiting its legal liability through an array of tax shelters and foreign registrations. Registered through a limited liability company in the Marshall Islands, the Ping May flies the Liberian flag.
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Trump's Latest Cabinet Pick Sets Up a Conflict-of-Interest Extraordinaire
http://www.joc.com/regulation-policy/transportation-policy/us-transportation-policy/trump-transport-chief-pick-keen-rollback-regs-labor-power_20161129.html
Mitch McConnell’s Freighted Ties to a Shadowy Shipping Company