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Anonymous ID: ed8252 Jan. 30, 2025, 11:16 a.m. No.22469179   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9268 >>9535 >>9763 >>0044

Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard and others face confirmation hearings today

By Daniel Miller

Published January 30, 2025 11:51am EST

 

The Brief

 

Thursday’s Senate hearings feature Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Tulsi Gabbard, and Kash Patel.

Kennedy is having his second of two hearings for his Health and Human Services Secretary nomination.

Tulsi Gabbard is nominated to be President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence, while Kash Patel was selected by Trump to lead the FBI.

The confirmation hearings process involves Senate committees recommending nominees for full Senate approval.

 

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Tulsi Gabbard and Kash Patel will be questioned by Democratic senators and here’s the schedule for the hearings and what you need to know.

 

Thursday’s confirmation hearings

 

10 a.m. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Health and Human Services

 

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will have the second of two confirmation hearings for his Health and Human Services Secretary nomination. He will appear before the Health Committee a day after his hearing before the Finance Committee.

 

The Associated Press reported that at Wednesday’s Senate Finance Committee, it was Republican Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, who challenged Kennedy the most.

 

When asking him to detail his plans for Medicare and Medicaid, Kennedy responded with few answers and misstated some basic facts about how the federally funded programs work and how many people they serve.

 

Cassidy’s vote is crucial for Kennedy since he also serves on the finance committee that will decide whether the health secretary nominee makes it to the Senate floor.

 

10 a.m. Tulsi Gabbard, Office of the Director of National Intelligence

 

Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump’s pick to be director of national intelligence, is expected to face questions from the Senate Intelligence Committee over past comments about Russia and a 2017 visit with Syria’s now-deposed leader, the Associated Press reported.

 

Gabbard unsuccessfully sought the 2020 presidential nomination and left the party in 2022. Gabbard endorsed Trump in August and campaigned often with him. She served in the Army National Guard for more than two decades and was deployed to Iraq and Kuwait.

 

9:30 a.m. Kash Patel, FBI

 

Kash Patel was selected by Trump to lead the FBI and may face questions from Democratic senators Thursday about his loyalty to Trump and stated desire to overhaul the bureau.

 

How do confirmation hearings work?

 

The backstory:

 

Once President Donald Trump nominates his picks for various positions, they are then presented to the appropriate Senate committee. The committee would then vote to recommend a candidate to the full Senate. The full Senate will debate. Trump's picks will either be confirmed or rejected by a simple majority. If they are approved, they are then sworn in.

 

Republicans currently hold 53 seats in the Senate, which could suggest many of Trump's picks will be confirmed without issue.

 

The Source

Information for this story was provided by the Associated Press and previous LIVENOW from FOX reporting. This story was reported from Washington, D.C.

 

https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/kash-patel-tulsi-gabbard-confirmation-hearings

Anonymous ID: ed8252 Jan. 30, 2025, 11:36 a.m. No.22469345   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9535 >>9763 >>0044

Factbox-What Trump Has Done to Remake US Government So Far

By Reuters

Jan. 30, 2025

By Tim Reid

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has signed a blizzard of executive orders and taken other actions since his inauguration on Jan. 20 to remake and reduce the size of America's 2.2 million-strong federal workforce.

 

Trump's moves include offering buyouts to most government workers, dismissing or reassigning hundreds of officials, removing agency watchdogs, and issuing an order that could make it easier to fire hundreds of thousands of civil servants.

 

Here are some of the actions Trump and his Republican administration have taken so far. (Headings)

 

BUYOUT OFFERS

FUNDING FREEZE

GOVERNMENT WATCHDOGS

CUTTING THE SIZE OF THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE

CHANGING THE MISSION AT KEY AGENCIES

REVIEW OF FEMA

FIRINGS

GOVERNMENT DIVERSITY PROGRAMS

DIRECTION CHANGE AT PENTAGON

 

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-01-30/factbox-what-trump-has-done-to-remake-us-government-so-far