UPCOMING U.S. CONFIRMATION HEARINGS

Tuesday, Jan.10

Position: Attorney General

• Nominee: Senator Jeff Sessions
• Background: Alabama Republican Congressman
• Committee: Senate Judiciary
• Confirmation Hearings: Jan.10 and 11.

Position: Homeland Security Secretary

• Nominee: John Kelly
• Background: Retired Marine General, former U.S. Southern Command Chief
• Committee: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
• Confirmation Hearings: Jan. 10

Wednesday, Jan.11

Position: Education Secretary

• Nominee: Betsy DeVos
• Background: Billionaire, Philanthropist, Republican Megadonor
• Committee: Senate HELP
• Confirmation Hearings: Jan. 11

Position: Transportation Secretary

• Nominee: Elaine Chao
• Background: Former Labor Secretary under the George W. Bush Administration, Deputy Secretary of Transportation under President George H.W. Bush, Member of Trump’s Asian Pacific American Advisory Council for the Campaign, Married to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky)
• Committee: Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation
• Confirmation Hearings: Jan.11

Position: Secretary of State

• Nominee: Rex Tillerson
• Background: CEO of Exxon Mobil
• Committee: Senate Foreign Relations
• Confirmation Hearings: Jan.11

Thursday, Jan. 12

Position: Housing and Urban Development Secretary

• Nominee: Ben Carson
• Background: Retired Neurosurgeon, Former GOP primary rival
• Committee: Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
• Confirmation Hearings: Jan. 12

Position: Commerce Secretary

• Nominee: Wilbur Ross
• Background: Billionaire Private Equity Investor, Founder of the Private Equity Firm WL Ross & Co.
• Committee: Senate, Commerce and Transportation
• Confirmation Hearings: Jan. 12

Week of Jan.16

Position: Labor Secretary

• Nominee: Andy Puzder
• Background: CEO of CKE Restaurants, which include the Carl’s Jr. Fast Food Chain
• Committee: Senate HELP
• Confirmation Hearings: The Week of Jan.16

Position: Health and Human Services Secretary

• Nominee: Rep. Tom Price
• Background: Georgia Republican Congressman, House Budget Chairman
• Committee: Senate Finance
• Confirmation Hearings: TBD, the HELP Committee is tentatively set to hold a confirmation hearing on Jan.18

Position: Treasury Secretary

• Nominee: Steven Mnuchin
• Background: Former Goldman Sachs Executive, Trump’s National Finance Chair for the Campaign
• Committee: Senate Finance
• Confirmation Hearings: TBD

Position: Secretary of Defense

• Nominee: James Mattis
• Background: Retired U.S. Marine Corps General
• Committee: Senate Armed Services
• Confirmation Hearings: TBD

Position: Interior Secretary

• Nominee: Rep. Ryan Zinke
• Background: Montana Republican Congressman, Former U.S. Navy SEAL Commander
• Committee: Senate Energy and Natural Resources
• Confirmation Hearings: TBD

Position: Energy Secretary

• Nominee: Rick Perry
• Background: Former Governor of Texas
• Committee: Senate Energy and Natural Resources
• Confirmation Hearings: TBD

Position: Environmental Protection Agency Administrator

• Nominee: Scott Pruitt
• Background: Oklahoma Attorney General
• Committee: Senate Environment and Public Works
• Confirmation Hearings: TBD

Position: Ambassador to the United Nations

• Nominee: Nikki Haley
• Background: Governor of South Carolina
• Committee: Senate Foreign Relations
• Confirmation Hearings: TBD

Position: Director of the Office of Management and Budget

• Nominee: Rep. Mick Mulvaney
• Background: South Carolina Republican Congressman
• Committee: Senate Budget and Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
• Confirmation Hearings: TBD

Position: U.S. Trade Representative

• Nominee: Robert Lighthizer
• Background: Trade Attorney, Former Deputy USTR under President Ronald Reagan
• Committee: Senate Finance
• Confirmation Hearing: TBD