WASHINGTON–The U.S. Senate voted on Thursday to confirm the top auto safety official along with dozens of other nominees, including officials overseeing highways and pipelines.
The Senate voted 51-47 to confirm Jonathan Morrison to head the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and 47 other nominees, the first time the NHTSA has had a permanent leader in three years.
Morrison, a former lawyer at Apple and chief counsel at the NHTSA during President Donald Trump’s first term, will oversee a series of safety probes at the NHTSA, including an investigation opened this week into about 174,000 Tesla Model Y cars from the 2021 model year on reports that electronic door handles can become inoperative and potentially trap children inside….