Mr. Cote is a longtime advocate of modernizing the Federal Aviation Administration's air-traffic control system, and has told industry officials heexpects to play an important role in devising ways to help airlines finance improvements.
While there is bi-partisan support for an update of TSCA, as well as support from both public health advocates and the chemical industry, the Safe Chemicals Act may still languish in the Senate, as the details of modernizing TSCA become politicized.