Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said Sunday that he “couldn’t be happier” with it That of President-elect Trump Cabinet candidates say he will do everything he can to get them through as quickly as possible.
When Paul was asked during an appearance on “Sunday Morning Futures” whether he favored all of Trump’s choices his inner circle, the senator replied, “I couldn’t have chosen better.”
“I will support the vast majority on day one,” the senator said. “We will try to get Kristi Noem through the Department of Homeland Security, which Russ Vought for (Office of Management and Budget) fought for. I think you’ll get half a dozen of them approved in the first week.”
Paul said he will oversee one committee responsible for confirming the nominees, adding, “I promise to get them through as quickly as possible.”
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Senator Rand Paul has said he will chair the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee when the new Congress opens in January. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times/Bloomberg via Getty Images, file)
Paul has said he will chair the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee when the new Congress opens in January.
Trump has carefully selected a range of established and unconventional officials for the 15 top posts in his Cabinet, including Health and Human Services, selects Robert F. Kennedy Jr., FBI Director Kash Patel and Senator Marco Rubio as nominees for Secretary of State.
Paul said he “couldn’t be happier” with President-elect Trump’s Cabinet nominees. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images, file)
Some of Trump’s picks proved controversial, such as Patel, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Director of National Intelligence nominee Tulsi Gabbard.
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In late November, Fox News Digital learned that nearly a dozen of Trump’s Cabinet nominees and other appointees had filed for office in the new administration. were focused with “violent, unAmerican threats to their lives and those who live with them.”
