But even though Tester has vowed to post his public schedule online to ensure transparency (one of the only senators to do so), the meeting was not mentioned on his public calendar for that month. Months earlier, Tester, who chairs the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, attended an October event at a Boeing facility hosted by the Mesa Chamber of Commerce‘s Mesa Industry and Defense Council in Arizona, according to a Facebook post by the organization.
At the time, Tester was one of two senators on the Commerce Committee who caucus with Democrats - where the party holds a one-seat majority - who had yet to publicly disclose whether they would vote to advance Washington’s nomination to the floor, although Tester’s office contends that he told the Senate Commerce Committee privately in mid-March that he would support Washington if he had been brought up for a committee vote. Washington eventually withdrew his nomination after it stalled amid concerns over his lack of aviation experience. Tester withheld public support for the nominee, hurting Washington’s momentum for confirmation. The meeting came several months after President Joe Biden nominated Phil Washington - who was later endorsed by families who lost loved ones in a fatal Boeing 737 MAX crash - to lead the FAA. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) didn’t disclose a meeting last October on his public calendar at a Boeing facility in Arizona that was attended by a registered lobbyist for the company, despite his promise to post details of his public schedule, Daniel reports. Tester didn’t disclose meeting at Boeing and raked in lobbyists’ cash while weighing FAA nomįIRST IN PI: Sen.
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