Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), the ranking member of the Senate Commerce Committee, has sent a letter to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy raising concerns that Elon Musk’s involvement in reform of the Federal Aviation Administration poses a “clear conflict” given his stake in the company SpaceX.

“I’m sending a letter to Secretary Duffy. It’s a clear conflict of interest. Secretary Duffy should make sure that Mr. Musk is not part of the FAA air transportation system. He has been fined for violations,” Cantwell told reporters Thursday morning.

She pointed out that Musk pressured former FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker to resign on the day of President Trump’s inauguration, leaving the agency without a permanent leader shortly before an American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kan., collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter at Reagan Washington National Airport, killing 67 people.

The FAA under Whitaker had proposed $633,000 in

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