President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination for US Transportation Secretary has said that if he is confirmed, he will allow various departmental investigations into Tesla to continue.

During a confirmation hearing in Washington DC on Wednesday, Sean Duffy, who is a former Republican congressman and lobbyist, claimed that he would let the regulatory process take its own course when it comes to the company’s owned car company. of Trump and political benefactor, Elon Musk.

“Yes, I have assured this committee and you that I will let NHTSA do their investigation,” he said. “I think I have also mentioned to you that there are many players in these spaces, I have not met any of them.”

In addition to admitting that he would allow the government to continue to look into Tesla’s various safety and regulatory issues, Duffy also admitted that autonomous vehicles should be properly regulated at the national level because, he said, it is a technology with huge “national security” implications. “We’re not going to fall behind China or other countries because of AV technology,” Duffy said. “I believe there should be a federal law where all these innovators can follow it, whether they’re in Texas or California or somewhere else.”

Duffy also promised treat Boeing with “tough love.” The aviation giant has been rocked by scandal and controversy in the past year, he said series of whistleblowers says a huge gap in the company’s safety procedures and culture.

Of course, just because Duffy is saying all this now, there’s little to stop him from changing his mind once he’s in office. If you’re trying to get your nomination confirmed, it helps that you don’t do anything blatantly corrupt while on the job.

Musk has invested a little time and money into Donald Trump and, one would think, he might want a certain return on his investment. Before becoming Trump’s unofficial campaign manager, Musk’s businesses suffered a blow to regulatory scrutiny (they still are, though some are predicting that the reviews may be halted, now that Trump is heading to the White House). The latest investigation into the safety of Musk’s car company just started a week ago.

Duffy, like many of Trump’s nominees, works for Fox News. He is also a former reality TV star, who starred The Real World: Boston. NPR notes that while Duffy has a lot of experience working in government (unlike, say, the man Trump chosen to run the Pentagon), he doesn’t have much experience in transportation other than a brief stint at MTV’s Rules of the Road: All Stars.