U.S. Transportation nominee Chao hits no roadblocks in confirmation hearingWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump’s choice to run the U.S. Transportation Department, Elaine Chao, defended the president-elect’s $1 trillion infrastructure plan as a “bold vision” on Wednesday in an overwhelmingly friendly Senate confirmation hearing. While there is criticism of Chao, in particular on environmental issues, there is no significant opposition to her nomination and she is expected to be confirmed.  She served as labor secretary under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009 and was the first Asian-American woman to hold a Cabinet position. She was deputy secretary of transportation under President George H. W. Bush. She was introduced by her husband, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. The top-ranking Democrat on the committee, Florida’s Bill Nelson, noted his wife’s friendship with Chao. Chao will take a leading role in Trump’s plans to rebuild crumbling U.S. roads and bridges with a $1 trillion fund. He would offer private investors who put money into projects an 82 percent tax credit but critics say it is unclear how they could recoup investments in most projects without sharply increasing costs for users of most roads and bridges. Chao described the plan to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation as a “bold vision” and acknowledged the need to work on the issue of paying investors back. “For them (partnerships) to be truly effective, there need to be revenue streams that need to be assured,” she added. “We all know that the government doesn’t have the resources to do it all.”  Chao is nominated to head a department with such wide-ranging responsibilities as oversight of the nation’s airports and highways, fuel-economy rules for autos and probes into auto makers for safety recalls of key parts like airbags.  She declined to take positions on issues like whether the job of air traffic control should be privatized, concerns over the safety of shipments of crude oil by rail, foreign airlines like Norwegian Air Shuttle’s push to move into the U.S. market and regulation of developing technology like autonomous vehicles and drones. Chao faced no questions about her memberships on corporate boards. Chao is on the board of Wells Fargo & Co which has struggled since September after it agreed with regulators to pay $190 million in fines and restitution to settle charges that its employees wrongly created as many as 2 million accounts without customer authorization. Chao is an immigrant from Taiwan who arrived in the United States at age 8. Her father, James S.C. Chao, is founder of the Foremost Group, an international shipping company. politicsNews
transportation nominee chan hits roadblocks confirmation hearingwashington reuters donald trump choice run transportation department line chan defended trillion infrastructure plan bold vision wednesday overwhelmingly friendly senate confirmation hearing while criticism chan particular environmental issues significant opposition nomination expected confirmed she served labor secretary president george bush first woman hold cabinet position she deputy secretary transportation president george bush she introduced husband senate majority leader mitch mcconnell the democrat committee florida bill nelson noted wife friendship chan chan take leading role trump plans rebuild crumbling roads bridges trillion fund he would offer private investors put money projects percent tax credit critics say unclear could record investments projects without sharply increasing costs users roads bridges chan described plan senate committee commerce science transportation bold vision acknowledged need work issue paying investors back for partnerships truly effective need revenue streams need assured added we know government resources chan nominated head department responsibilities oversight nation airports highways rules autos probes auto makers safety recalls key parts like airways she declined take positions issues like whether job air traffic control privatized concerns safety shipments crude oil rail foreign airlines like norwegian air shuttle push move market regulation developing technology like autonomous vehicles drones chan faced questions memberships corporate boards chan board wells cargo co struggled since september agreed regulators pay million fines restitution settle charges employees wrongly created many million accounts without customer authorization chan immigrant taiwan arrived united states age her father james chan founder foremost group international shipping company politicsnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: U.S. Transportation nominee Chao hits no roadblocks in confirmation hearingWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump’s choice to run the U.S. Transportation Department, Elaine Chao, defended the president-elect’s $1 trillion infrastructure plan as a “bold vision” on Wednesday in an overwhelmingly friendly Senate confirmation hearing. While there is criticism of Chao, in particular on environmental issues, there is no significant opposition to her nomination and she is expected to be confirmed.  She served as labor secretary under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009 and was the first Asian-American woman to hold a Cabinet position. She was deputy secretary of transportation under President George H. W. Bush. She was introduced by her husband, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. The top-ranking Democrat on the committee, Florida’s Bill Nelson, noted his wife’s friendship with Chao. Chao will take a leading role in Trump’s plans to rebuild crumbling U.S. roads and bridges with a $1 trillion fund. He would offer private investors who put money into projects an 82 percent tax credit but critics say it is unclear how they could recoup investments in most projects without sharply increasing costs for users of most roads and bridges. Chao described the plan to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation as a “bold vision” and acknowledged the need to work on the issue of paying investors back. “For them (partnerships) to be truly effective, there need to be revenue streams that need to be assured,” she added. “We all know that the government doesn’t have the resources to do it all.”  Chao is nominated to head a department with such wide-ranging responsibilities as oversight of the nation’s airports and highways, fuel-economy rules for autos and probes into auto makers for safety recalls of key parts like airbags.  She declined to take positions on issues like whether the job of air traffic control should be privatized, concerns over the safety of shipments of crude oil by rail, foreign airlines like Norwegian Air Shuttle’s push to move into the U.S. market and regulation of developing technology like autonomous vehicles and drones. Chao faced no questions about her memberships on corporate boards. Chao is on the board of Wells Fargo & Co which has struggled since September after it agreed with regulators to pay $190 million in fines and restitution to settle charges that its employees wrongly created as many as 2 million accounts without customer authorization. Chao is an immigrant from Taiwan who arrived in the United States at age 8. Her father, James S.C. Chao, is founder of the Foremost Group, an international shipping company. politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: transportation nominee chan hits roadblocks confirmation hearingwashington reuters donald trump choice run transportation department line chan defended trillion infrastructure plan bold vision wednesday overwhelmingly friendly senate confirmation hearing while criticism chan particular environmental issues significant opposition nomination expected confirmed she served labor secretary president george bush first woman hold cabinet position she deputy secretary transportation president george bush she introduced husband senate majority leader mitch mcconnell the democrat committee florida bill nelson noted wife friendship chan chan take leading role trump plans rebuild crumbling roads bridges trillion fund he would offer private investors put money projects percent tax credit critics say unclear could record investments projects without sharply increasing costs users roads bridges chan described plan senate committee commerce science transportation bold vision acknowledged need work issue paying investors back for partnerships truly effective need revenue streams need assured added we know government resources chan nominated head department responsibilities oversight nation airports highways rules autos probes auto makers safety recalls key parts like airways she declined take positions issues like whether job air traffic control privatized concerns safety shipments crude oil rail foreign airlines like norwegian air shuttle push move market regulation developing technology like autonomous vehicles drones chan faced questions memberships corporate boards chan board wells cargo co struggled since september agreed regulators pay million fines restitution settle charges employees wrongly created many million accounts without customer authorization chan immigrant taiwan arrived united states age her father james chan founder foremost group international shipping company politicsnews