Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao faces investigation over `troubling´ ethics allegations
(Washington Post Politics)

The Committee´s letter to Chao cites media reports that the Secretary leveraged her position to help Foremost Group - a New York-based shipping company that carries goods between the U.S. and China and that is owned by her father and sisters - to gain `influence and status` with the Chinese government, which has given the firm millions in loans.