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Sam Ogozalek

South Carolina, Washington, D.C., United States

Transportation Reporter at POLITICO

Transportation reporter @politico. Previously @TB_Times and @islandpacket. Tips? [email protected]

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  • 1 week ago | politico.com | Sam Ogozalek |Chris Marquette

    Chris joined POLITICO after six years at CQ Roll Call, where he covered the Capitol Police, the Jan. 6 select committee and investigations into lawmaker misconduct. In 2023, he uncovered documents that showed the Capitol Police had known for months about lapses in protection at Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco home before an intruder attacked her husband with a hammer.

  • 2 weeks ago | politico.com | Sam Ogozalek

    With help from Oriana Pawlyk— Sen. Ted Cruz expressed deep misgivings over President Donald Trump’s tariffs, noting that one of the “Big Three” automakers told him the duties will spark major price increases for cars. — We take a look inside the aerospace industry’s efforts to avoid a 10 percent tariff. — After ragging on New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority, DOT Secretary Sean Duffy rode the subway and offered to send members of Elon Musk’s DOGE squad to the transit agency.

  • 3 weeks ago | subscriber.politicopro.com | Sam Ogozalek |Chris Marquette

    The search supports the following Boolean operators:AND, OR, NOT must be capitalized. Search otherwise ignores capitalization for keywords. Use "" quotation marks to search for a phrase. Phrase search matches all words in that order with nothing in between. Search will capture keywords in plural form (e.g. Liability can pull both liability and liabilities), including within phrase search. Parentheses () can be used with the operators above.

  • 3 weeks ago | politico.com | Sam Ogozalek |Chris Marquette |Oriana Pawlyk

    — Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy will appear before Congress this week to talk about the next surface transportation bill. Expect sharp questions from Democrats. — And Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg will testify before the Senate Commerce Committee. His visit comes more than a year after the Alaska Airlines door plug blowout. — The FAA launched a program for private plane owners to request that regulators withhold their personal information from being displayed online. We break it down.

  • 1 month ago | politico.com | Sam Ogozalek |Chris Marquette

    With help from Oriana Pawlyk— Congress will get a chance to grill the FAA and military this week over the January midair crash in Washington as questions linger over a key alerting technology and helicopters’ proximity to planes. — The Senate Banking Committee has scheduled its confirmation hearing for Marc Molinaro, the nominee for FTA administrator. — Johns Hopkins University is out with new research that examines which U.S. bridges are at high risk for a ship strike.

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