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Senate hearings for Trump’s Cabinet nominees to begin Tuesday

By Associated Press
Published: January 12, 2025, 12:36pm
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This combination photo of President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees who will have confirmation hearings Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, shows Interior Department nominee North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, from left, Secretary of Veterans Affairs nominee Doug Collins and Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth.
This combination photo of President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees who will have confirmation hearings Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, shows Interior Department nominee North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, from left, Secretary of Veterans Affairs nominee Doug Collins and Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth. (AP Photo) Photo Gallery

After the initial crush of personnel announcements for President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration, now the nomination process officially begins.

Senate hearings are scheduled this week for several of Trump’s Cabinet picks. Many 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:

Tuesday

9 a.m.: Doug Collins, Department of Veterans Affairs

9:30 a.m.: Pete Hegseth, Department of Defense. Some senators have questioned the former “Fox & Friends” weekend host and Army National Guard combat veteran’s fitness for the role amid allegations of excessive drinking and sexual misconduct.

10 a.m.: Doug Burgum, Interior Department

Wednesday

9 a.m.: Kristi Noem, Homeland Security Department. The South Dakota governor is in line to head one of the government’s biggest agencies, integral to Trump’s pledge to secure the border and carry out a massive deportation operation.

9:30 a.m.: Pam Bondi, Justice Department. The former Florida attorney general became Trump’s pick for attorney general hours after his first choice, former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, withdrew from consideration.

10 a.m.: Sean Duffy, Transportation Department

10 a.m.: John Ratcliffe, CIA

10 a.m.: Marco Rubio, State Department

10 a.m.: Chris Wright, Energy Department. The fossil fuel executive has been one of the industry’s loudest voices against efforts to fight climate change.

1 p.m.: Russell Vought, Office of Management and Budget

Thursday

10 a.m.: Scott Turner, Housing and Urban Development Department

10 a.m.: Lee Zeldin, Environmental Protection Agency. The former New York congressman appears before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. The agency is tasked with matters pertaining to environmental protection, conducting assessments, research, education, and maintaining and enforcing national standards.

10:15 a.m.: Bondi, day two before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

10:30 a.m.: Scott Bessent, Treasury Department. The billionaire money manager from South Carolina would be the first openly LGBTQ Senate-confirmed Cabinet member in a Republican administration.

Dates not yet confirmed

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

Brooke Rollins, Agriculture Department

Elise Stefanik, United Nations ambassador

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