President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees will be on Capitol Hill again this week, as the incoming administration pushes for confirmation of the incoming president’s top officials.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s choice to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, will kick off his meetings with senators today. Kennedy will meet with more than two dozen senators this week alone. Today’s sessions will include Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.).
Other GOP senators RFK Jr. will sit down with this week include: Bill Hagerty (Tenn.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (Miss.), James Lankford (Okla.), Josh Hawley (Mo.), Katie Britt (Ala.), Lindsey Graham (S.C.), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Mike Crapo (Idaho), Marsha Blackburn (Tenn.), Rand Paul (Ky.), Rick Scott (Fla.), Roger Marshall (Kan.), Ron Johnson (Wis.), Shelley Moore Capito (W.Va.), Steve Daines (Mont.), Ted Budd (N.C.), Ted Cruz (Texas), Tim Scott (S.C.), Tom Cotton (Ark.), Tommy Tuberville (Ala.) and Dan Sullivan (Alaska).
Also on RFK’s dance card for the week: incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune and incoming Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso.
Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii), Trump’s nominee to be director of national intelligence, will meet with Johnson and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) today. Moran is on the Senate Intelligence Committee, which will process Gabbard’s nomination. Johnson is the No. 2 Republican on the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee.
Pete Hegseth, Trump’s nominee to run the Defense Department, won’t be on Capitol Hill today. He is beginning the “murder boards” for his confirmation hearing. He’ll be back on Capitol Hill on Tuesday for meetings.
Scott Bessent, Trump’s nominee to be treasury secretary, won’t be on Capitol Hill today either. Bessent will meet with more senators later this week.
Kash Patel, the FBI director nominee, isn’t on the Hill today
