Trump's Cabinet picks are set for Senate hearings. Here's the schedule
WASHINGTON (AP) — After the initial crush of personnel announcements for President-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration, the nominations process will move forward this week.
Senate hearings are scheduled for several of Trump's Cabinet picks. Many nominees have met with senators individually. Now they will go before the committees overseeing the agencies that Trump wants them to run.
Here's a look at the schedule for Senate hearings set so far, in Eastern time:
9 a.m.: Doug Collins, Department of Veterans Affairs
The former Georgia congressman goes before the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee. Collins is a Baptist minister, former Navy chaplain and Air Force Reserve colonel. The VA provides health care to former members of the armed forces.
10 a.m.: Elise Stefanik, U.N. ambassador
Stefanik, a New York congresswoman who serves as chair of the House Republican Conference, has a hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Long one of Trump’s most loyal allies in the House, she was among those discussed as a potential vice presidential choice. The U.N. ambassador represents the United States at the international organization, where there are deep divisions from the wars in the Mideast and Ukraine.
10 a.m.: Russell Vought, Office of Management and Budget
Vought, OMB director during Trump’s first term, goes before the Senate Budget Committee. Vought, who has already had a hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, was closely involved with Project 2025, a conservative blueprint for Trump’s second term that the Republican nominee tried to distance himself from during the campaign. The budget director oversees the building of the president’s budget and reviews proposed regulations.
10 a.m.: Brooke Rollins, Agriculture Department
The former White House aide, who served as Trump's domestic policy chief during his first administration, appears before the Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee. The agriculture chief oversees a sprawling agency that controls policies, regulations and aid programs related to farming, forestry, ranching, food quality and nutrition.
Hearings are not yet scheduled for all of Trump's choices, including some of the most contentious:
Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Labor Department
Tulsi Gabbard, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Health and Human Services Department
Howard Lutnick, Commerce Department
Linda McMahon, Education Department
Kash Patel, FBI
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