Confirmation Hearings for Cabinet Nominees Begin Next Week
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Confirmation hearings for President Trump’s appointees and nominees will begin as early as next week, with Pete Hegseth and Pam Bondi set to appear before the Senate on January 14.
From The New York Post. Defense Secretary-designate Pete Hegseth and Attorney General pick Pam Bondi will be the first two cabinet nominees of President-elect Donald Trump to sit for confirmation hearings by Senate committees next week.
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Lawmakers will grill the 44-year-old Hegseth, who is expected to still have the requisite votes for confirmation, and Bondi, 59, before the Armed Services and Judiciary Committees, respectively, starting Jan. 14.
“I’m enthused with her work as Attorney General of Florida and what she’s done as a prosecutor,” Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) told Fox Business Network Friday of Bondi. …
“There’s one thing that can speed up her nomination, and that is if the transition team that we’re working with of the new Trump administration would get the background investigations and the other paper — particularly the ethics reports that we ought to have,” Grassley added.
“We don’t have any of that paper yet. I want to get it so I can schedule her hearing for the 14th.”
Hegseth’s hearing will also be held that day, an Armed Services Committee rep confirmed.
Republicans can only lose four votes from their own conference before a nomination is in peril, given their 53-47 majority in the Senate. …
Hegseth is likely to be the toughest of the Trump picks to be confirmed, though sources previously told The Post that “zero” Republicans are knives out for the former Fox News personality in private — despite several expressing reservations publicly.
Trump, 78, has stood by Hegseth despite concerns about his past alleged personal and professional misconduct — including his tenure at two veterans advocacy groups where he was accused of mismanaging finances and binge drinking on the job.
Several former senior employees — including a trustee of one of the groups, Concerned Veterans for America — categorically denied the allegations, which were put forward by anonymous whistleblowers, and threw cold water on claims that Hegseth was forced out of his position due to appalling conduct. …
Bondi, who served two terms as Florida’s attorney general from 2011 to 2019, is likely a shoo-in for her position, with one GOP aide referencing her “impressive credentials” and noting she was “significantly qualified for this role.” …
After Bondi, Grassley anticipated that FBI Director-designate Kash Patel, who has received a warm welcome from Senate Republicans, will be the next nomination to come before the Judiciary Committee.
Grassley said he looked “very favorably” on the 44-year-old FBI boss-in-waiting — and expects Patel will be confirmed following Bondi. …
Agriculture Secretary nominee Brooke Rollins is also readying herself for a confirmation hearing to take place Jan. 15, Politico reported Monday, adding that former New York Rep. Lee Zeldin’s nomination to helm the Environmental Protection Agency will be considered sometime next week by the Senate’s Environment and Public Works panel. …
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(Excerpt from The New York Post. Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America – Pete Hegseth, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=121269112)
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Praise to the Creator: https://biblehub.com/bsb/psalms/33.htm
1Rejoice in the LORD,
2Praise the LORD
5The LORD loves righteousness and justice;
8Let all the earth fear the LORD;
9For He spoke, and it came to be;
11The counsel of the LORD stands forever,
12Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His inheritance!
13The LORD looks down from heaven;
16No king is saved by his vast army;
18Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotion
22May Your loving devotion rest on us, O LORD, as we put our hope in You.
THE GOOD IS ALWAYS THE ENEMY OF THE BEST
Hebrews 10:23 We must hold tightly to the hope we say is ours. After all, we can trust the One who made the agreement with us. (Contemporary English Version)
Dear Heavenly Father, please preside over the confirmation hearings. Many of these men and women claim to be Christians and all have stated a desire to work to restore America. I submit each one for Your scrutiny and for only the BEST candidate to be appointed to each position. May these individuals rejoice in You and praise You as they seek office. It is Your counsel that will stand forever, I pray it begins now. Please bless us and let Your loving devotion rest upon every member of our government as well as each citizen in our nation, my hope is in You. I ask this and so much more in the Name of Jesus Christ, our eternal hope…who I am holding on to ..without wavering…for You who promised are faithful. Amen
Mr. Trump would not have picked two nominations for this position if he did not have second thoughts about Hegseth. I think, in spite of what is said in this article (IFA is often wrong), there are many in Congress who also question the wisdom of putting someone with no experience over such an important organization on which the security of this country rests and at such a critical time.
Lord, you know how important it is for the right person to lead Defense. Trump, in fact, knowing that there are questions about the qualification of his first pick, has actually selected two for this particular positions with Desantis, between with service and time in the reserves having 18 years with the Navy, and as governor having experience with leading a large governmental organization, while his other pick, Hegseth, having spent his career as a journalist, has no experience.
Lord, you would have us pick our leaders with wisdom and not blindly. Bock the unqualified. Cause those who have labored on behalf of our military to gain favor.