The chairman of the Senate committee that oversees transportation said Monday afternoon that his panel will move quickly on President Obama's nomination of Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx to be the next transportation secretary.

Obama announced his choice of Foxx to replace outgoing Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood during an event at the White House on Monday.

Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) praised the pick and promised to quickly hold a confirmation hearing on Foxx.

"I look forward to meeting Mayor Foxx and discussing his vision for the Department and our transportation needs," Rockefeller said in a statement. "I will move his nomination in the Commerce Committee as soon as possible."

Outgoing Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Monday that new fuel economy standards he helped usher in with President Obama are “a big deal” that will outlast both of them.

“That will be part of President Obama’s legacy. What a legacy — cleaning up the air in America, getting cleaner burning cars,” LaHood said at a news conference in which Obama tapped Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx to lead the Transportation Department (DOT).

The updated Corporate Average Fuel Economy, or CAFE, standards require cars to get 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025. They were finalized last August.

Foxx has been a vocal supporter of expanding the light rail system in Charlotte, N.C., since taking office in 2009.

“There is no such thing as a Democratic or Republican road, bridge, port, air field or rail system," Foxx said.

Federal regulators are coming under increasing pressure to reject a change to milk labels that is being sought by the dairy industry.

The public advocacy group SumOfUs.Org has taken out large ads to appear on buses in the Washington, D.C., region protesting a request to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take “low-calorie” labels off the front of flavored milk sweetened with artificial sugars.

"Hey, FDA, if the dairy industry gets its way, milk marketed to our kids will become more of an artificially-sweetened junk food. We don't want that!" the signs read.

President Obama has not been able to sign the measure passed by Congress last week to end air traffic controller furloughs because of a typo in the bill, according to a report.

ABC News is reporting that a word in the legislation is missing an 's,' delaying Obama's signature on the bill until Tuesday.

Congress hurriedly passed the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) bill last week before they left Washington for a weeklong recess as frequent airline passengers complained about delays the agency attributed to the sequester. 

Ford Motor Co. now includes the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline among the topics in the company’s lobbying portfolio.

The auto giant’s first quarter lobbying report lists the proposed pipeline that would bring oil from Alberta’s oil sands projects across the border en route to Gulf Coast refineries.

The filing specifically lists the “Northern Route Approval Act,” which is pending, GOP-led House legislation that would authorize construction of TransCanada Corp.’s pipeline.

Foxx would replace outgoing Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, who announced his retirement earlier this year.

Cancer clinics say the cuts they are facing are far more serious — and should have been a higher priority.