President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency is stalled in the Senate and may not be confirmed over personal matters, according to three sources familiar with the matter.
Trump announced that he would nominate Jeffrey Byard in February, after Brock Long, the agency’s head, resigned amid questions about his personal use of government cars to commute from North Carolina to Washington.
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), who chairs the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee which oversees FEMA, confirmed Thursday that there are problems with Byard’s nomination.