Here is when Donald Trump’s most controversial administration picks will go before the Senate
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Hearings in the Senate are set to begin on Sunday. Senate hearings are scheduled this coming week for several of Trump's picks for the Cabinet. Many have met with senators individually. Now, they will go before the committees overseeing the agencies that Trump wants them to run.
![[Pete Hegseth, the nominee for Defense Secretary, is set to appear on Tuesday]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/12/25/12/TRUMP-SENADO_44066.jpg)
Here's a look at the schedule for Senate hearings set so far, in Eastern time:. 9 a.m.: Doug Collins, Department of Veterans Affairs. The former Georgia congressman is up first, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee. Collins is a Baptist minister, former U.S. Navy chaplain and Air Force Reserve colonel. The VA provides health care to former members of the U.S. armed forces.
![[Many Trump picks, such as Kristi Noem who is up to lead the Department of Homeland Security, have been long-time backers of the president-elect]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/13/16/SEI232868164.jpg)
The former "Fox & Friends" weekend host and Army National Guard combat veteran goes before the Senate Armed Services Committee after weeks of meetings during which some senators have questioned his fitness for the role amid allegations of excessive drinking and sexual misconduct. The Pentagon chief's authority over the U.S. military is second only to that of the president's.
![[Several hearings have not yet been scheduled, including the one for RFK Jr. to lead the Health and Human Services Department]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/13/16/SEI233605670.jpg)
10 a.m.: Doug Burgum, Interior Department. The former governor of North Dakota and businessman appears before members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, who will consider his nomination as interior secretary, the chief steward of U.S. public lands. Burgum, who endorsed Trump after ending his own 2024 presidential bid and campaigned for Trump, has also been tapped to lead the National Energy Council. Trump has said the council will seek to establish U.S. "energy dominance" around the world.
