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Whether confirmation hearings (a procedure unique to the United States Senate), legislative, oversight, investigative, or a combination of these, all hearings share common elements of preparation and conduct. Hearings usually include oral testimony from witnesses and questioning of the witnesses by members of Congress.
Here's a look at the schedule for some of the Senate hearings, in Eastern time: Wednesday. 10 a.m.: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Heath and Human Services . Kennedy ran for president as a Democrat, then as an independent before he dropped out and endorsed Trump.
Senate hearings are scheduled this week for several of Trump's picks for the Cabinet. Many nominees have met with senators individually. Now, they will go before the committees overseeing the agencies that Trump wants them to run. A hearing began Tuesday for Pete Hegseth, Trump’s pick for defense secretary.
Here's a look at the schedule for Senate hearings set so far, in Eastern time: Tuesday. 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 United States Senate is the upper chamber of ... a nominee is the first subject to a hearing before a Senate ... United States Senate Calendars and Schedules;
Standing committees in the Senate have their jurisdiction set by three primary sources: Senate Rules, ad hoc Senate Resolutions, and Senate Resolutions related to committee funding. To see an overview of the jurisdictions of standing committees in the Senate, see Standing Rules of the United States Senate, Rule XXV.
The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing Tuesday morning to consider legislation that would permanently classify fentanyl-related substances as a Schedule 1 drug under the Controlled ...
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