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WASHINGTON (NewsNation) — More Senate hearings person been scheduled for President Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees, marking a important week up for immoderate of his much arguable picks.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump's prime to tally the Department of Health and Human Services, volition person his archetypal proceeding Wednesday. Kennedy is simply a erstwhile Democratic statesmanlike campaigner who dropped retired and endorsed Trump. His information alarmed immoderate acrophobic astir his grounds of spreading misinformation regarding vaccines.
On Thursday, Kennedy volition person a 2nd proceeding earlier a antithetic committee. Kash Patel, who is nominated to tally the FBI, besides has a proceeding Thursday.
Former Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard is Trump's prime for nationalist quality director; she besides has a proceeding Thursday. Sources told NewsNation that Gabbard whitethorn look much issues with a smaller radical of Republicans than Democrats.
Hearings are not yet scheduled for each of Trump's picks, including Lori Chavez-DeRemer, nominated to pb the Department of Labor; Howard Lutnick, tapped to pb the Department of Commerce; and Linda McMahon, picked to pb the Department of Education.
Vance: Tulsi Gabbard will 'restore trust' in intel
Democratic senators person been scrutinizing Gabbard's past enactment for deposed Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, arsenic good arsenic her calls to pardon nationalist information leaker Edward Snowden. While immoderate Republicans look consenting to see those concerns, galore proceed to support Gabbard arsenic a proud, patriotic fig who isn't acrophobic to situation the governmental establishment.
"I'm going to spot however the proceeding goes. I'm inclined to beryllium 'yes' connected everybody, but there's immoderate questions she volition beryllium asked that I privation to perceive the answers to," said Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.
"It's good for radical to person argumentation differences and inquire questions astir those differences. I anticipation nary 1 would impugn Ms. Gabbard's patriotism oregon her integrity," said Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark.
"The bureaucrats astatine our quality services person gotten wholly retired of control. They've been portion of the weaponization of our governmental system, the weaponization of our justness system. We request to person bully quality services who support america safe, but portion of that is restoring spot successful those services, and we think Tulsi is the close idiosyncratic to bash it," said Vice President JD Vance.
Overall, respective Republican lawmakers told NewsNation they consciousness it's their work to enactment Trump's nominees. However, immoderate stated they volition reserve judgement until proceeding from the nominees.
Pete Hegseth, Kristi Noem confirmed
Pete Hegseth was confirmed arsenic the nation’s defence caput precocious Friday. Vance broke a 50-50 necktie to narrowly seal Hegseth's confirmation. Three Republicans — Sens. Mitch McConnell, of Kentucky, Susan Collins, of Maine; and Lisa Murkowski, of Alaska — besides voted against him.
While Hegseth received bipartisan pushback against his nomination, Kristi Noem was confirmed arsenic homeland information caput connected Saturday with bipartisan support, receiving 7 Democratic votes.
