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"Though they're not condemning the pick, they are emphasizing that transit will be a major challenge and that the next secretary needs to be up to the task."

"LaHood has served on the House Transportation Committee in the past, though never in a leadership position. He most recently served on the House Appropriations Committee. Many think his nomination is based on politics rather than experience or expertise."

"Off the record, some in the environmental community have expressed cynicism about the pick, wondering if the Obama camp has written off the Department of Transportation as either unimportant or an agency too dysfunctional to matter."