This week, Republicans will hold confirmation hearings for more than a dozen nominees for President-elect Trump’s administration, including Pete Hegseth, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and Gov. Kristi Noem (R). .
Hegseth, who was nominated by President Trump to be secretary of defense, is scheduled to have one of his first hearings on Tuesday, when he will appear before the Senate Armed Services Committee at 9:30 a.m. to face questions from both Democrats and Republicans.
Rubio and Noem were selected by President Trump to be Secretary of State and Secretary of Homeland Security, respectively. Noem is scheduled to appear before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee at 9 a.m. Wednesday, and Rubio is scheduled to appear before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at 10 a.m.
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A grueling week of confirmation hearings begins Tuesday. (Reuters)
Other hearings on Tuesday include hearings for Doug Collins as secretary of Veterans Affairs and former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum as secretary of the Interior.
President Trump also appointed Pam Bondi as Attorney General, John Ratcliffe as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Russell Vought as Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Sean Duffy as Secretary of Transportation, and Secretary of Energy. Chris Wright was selected. Each hearing will be held on Wednesday.
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President Trump nominated Bondi to be attorney general. (Mandel Gann/AFP via Getty Images)
Hearings are scheduled for Thursday for Eric Turner, President Trump’s pick to be the next Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and Scott Bessent, the president’s nominee for Treasury Secretary.
The onslaught of hearings comes as Republicans prepare to confirm as many Trump nominees as possible as quickly as possible.
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) explained his desire to quickly confirm his selection on Friday’s “Wall Street with Maria Bartiromo,” saying, “In the past, there have been at least a handful of minority parties. “We have never interfered with the activities of high-ranking political parties.” The Cabinet is expected to be confirmed in the first week, so I expect the Secretary of State and the Department of Homeland Security to be confirmed on Inauguration Day, the next day, or the week after. A few others — the Department of Defense. ”
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Mr. Paul said he hoped to finalize the main nominees on the day Mr. Trump was sworn into office. (Tierney L. Cross/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“So I’m hoping it gets resolved quickly and we don’t mess it up. And I’m still open to knowing whether that’s going to happen or not. As far as the two things that I’m in charge of, I’m a Republican.” There is no apparent resistance on the part of the party, and there is also the view that there may be some support from the Democratic Party.”
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Republicans have been particularly eager to approve President Trump’s national security team following the recent terrorist attack in New Orleans, Louisiana, that killed 14 people and injured 35 others.
Julia Johnson is a political writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business, where she leads coverage of the U.S. Senate. She previously served as a political reporter for the Washington Examiner.
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