Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said Sunday he “couldn’t be happier” about President-elect Trump’s Cabinet nominees, saying he would work to pass them as quickly as possible.
When Paul was asked during an appearance on “Sunday Morning Futures” if he would support all of Trump’s choices for his inner circle, the senator responded, “I couldn’t have chosen better.”
“I will support the vast majority from day one,” the senator said. “We’re going to try to get Kristi Noem through the Department of Homeland Security, Russ Vought to [Office of Management and Budget]. …I think in the first week you’ll have half a dozen approved.
Paul said he would lead a committee to confirm the nominees, adding: “I am committed to getting them through as quickly as possible.”
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Sen. Rand Paul 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 said he would chair the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee with the new Congress opening in January.
Trump handpicked an array of established and unconventional officials for his Cabinet’s 15 top posts, including Health and Human Services pick Robert F. Kennedy Jr., FBI Director Kash Patel and Senator Marco Rubio as candidate for Secretary of State.
Paul said he “couldn’t be happier” with the nominees to President-elect Trump’s Cabinet. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images, file)
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Some of Trump’s picks have proven controversial, such as Patel, Defense Secretary pick 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 Trump Cabinet nominees and other appointees to the new administration had been targeted with “violent, anti-American threats against their lives and the lives of those who live with them “.
