The New Jersey senator said he “I have never violated my public oath. I have never been anything but a patriot of my country and for my country.’
David Calhoun’s appearance before a Senate subcommittee was the first before Congress by a high-ranking Boeing official since a panel blew out of a 737 Max on an Alaska Airlines flight in January.
The Dallas Democrat seeks to get a jump on defining himself ahead of the November election.
Law extended 2 years after last-minute Senate approval
An engineer testifies that in rushing to produce as many planes as possible, the company is taking manufacturing shortcuts that could lead to jetliners breaking apart.
Partial government shutdown averted hours after midnight deadline; bill heads to Biden to sign
Package includes about $886 billion for the Defense Department and funding for the departments of Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, Labor and others.
At age 81 and with a November rematch with Trump crystallizing, the president will face extra scrutiny during this year’s speech.
Lawmakers are negotiating a second package of six bills, including defense, in an effort to fully fund all federal agencies before a March 22 deadline.
Release of legislative text offers hope lawmakers will avoid the closure at 12:01 a.m. Saturday of the departments of Justice, Transportation, Agriculture and other agencies.
