The head of the Federal Aviation Administration has not sold off his multimillion-dollar stake in the airline he led since 1999 despite a promise to do so as part of his ethics agreement, according to a Democratic senator.

In a letter to Bryan Bedford this week, Sen. Maria Cantwell said he vowed to sell all his shares in Republic Airways within 90 of his confirmation but 150 days have now passed. In Bedford's financial disclosures, he estimated that his Republic stock was worth somewhere between $6 million and $30 million.

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Republic completed a merger last month with another major regional airline, Mesa Air Group. Republic's stock closed Thursday at $19.02, nearly double what it was before the deal was announced in April.

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