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The Senate may have separate committee hearings for 3 of President Donald Trump’s administration nominees on Wednesday, together with former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is taken into account one among his extra weak picks.
At roughly 10 a.m. on Wednesday, hearings for each Kennedy within the Finance Committee and Howard Lutnick within the Commerce Committee will start.
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Kennedy and Loeffler may have committee hearings on Wednesday. (Reuters)
Trump picked Kennedy to guide the Division of Well being and Human Companies (HHS), whereas Lutnick is the president’s selection for Commerce secretary.
Within the afternoon, Kelly Loeffler goes earlier than the Senate Committee on Small Enterprise and Entrepreneurship. The listening to for Trump’s choose to guide the Small Enterprise Administration begins at 3:30 p.m.
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Howard Lutnick is being thought of for secretary of commerce. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP through Getty Pictures)
A number of of Trump’s nominees have already been confirmed, together with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Protection Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Homeland Safety Kristi Noem, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Transportation Secretary-designate Sean Duffy.
Whereas the Hegseth affirmation got here all the way down to the wire, with Vice President JD Vance being wanted to interrupt a tie within the Senate, there’s been some indication that different Trump nominees similar to Kennedy, former Democrat Rep. Tulsi Gabbard and probably Kash Patel may have their very own uphill battles to getting confirmed.
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Kelly Loeffler is a former senator from Georgia. (Alyssa Pointer/Bloomberg through Getty Pictures)
Gabbard is Trump’s option to be director of nationwide intelligence, and Patel is nominated to be the following lawyer common.
Whereas the Finance Committee will finally vote on whether or not to advance Kennedy’s nomination to the Senate flooring, he may also have a listening to on Thursday earlier than the Senate Committee on Well being, Schooling, Labor and Pensions due to the place’s relevance to public well being.
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Kennedy is one among Trump’s extra controversial picks. (Jon Cherry/Getty Pictures)
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Senators on each side of the aisle within the Finance Committee are anticipated to ask Kennedy for clarifications on his previous statements relating to vaccines and the way he would apply his beliefs if confirmed to guide HHS.
Julia Johnson is a politics author for Fox Information Digital and Fox Enterprise, main protection of the U.S. Senate. She was beforehand a politics reporter on the Washington Examiner.
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