Trump was proper once more.
The affirmation listening to for Trump’s Veterans’ Affair Secretary Doug Collins was postponed on Monday after the FBI slow-rolled its customary background verify.
“Listening to for VA Sec nominee Collins postponed. VA Cmte chair Moran: Congressman Doug Collins has submitted all his paperwork in a well timed method and has been clear and forthcoming with the committee..Presently, the FBI has not accomplished its customary background verify of Congressman Collins. In accordance with long-standing observe, the committee ought to have a chance to assessment Congressman Collins’ FBI file earlier than the affirmation listening to. I count on the FBI to finish its assessment shortly in order that the committee can transfer ahead with its position of evaluating the President’s nominee,” Fox Information Congress reporter said on Monday.
President Trump selected former Georgia Congressman and veteran Doug Collins to move the VA in November.
“Doug is a Veteran himself, who at the moment serves our Nation as a Chaplain in the US Air Pressure Reserve Command, and fought for our Nation within the Iraq Warfare,” Trump wrote on Reality Social in November. “We should deal with our courageous women and men in uniform, and Doug shall be an amazing advocate for our Lively Responsibility Servicemembers, Veterans, and Army Households to make sure they’ve the help they want. Thanks, Doug, in your willingness to serve our nation on this crucial position.”
Honored to just accept @realDonaldTrump nomination as Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Our heroes deserve the most effective care and help.
We’ll struggle tirelessly to streamline and minimize rules within the VA, root out corruption, and guarantee each veteran receives the advantages they’ve earned.… pic.twitter.com/StWK0XcYAm
— Doug Collins (@RepDougCollins) November 14, 2024
Late final month President Trump sounded the alarm on Senate Democrats’ plan to “improperly stall and delay the affirmation course of” of lots of his Cupboard nominees.
We simply received a Historic Landslide and Mandate from the American Individuals, however Senate Democrats are organizing to improperly stall and delay the affirmation strategy of lots of our Nice Nominees. They may strive all types of methods beginning very quickly. Republicans should not permit them…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 31, 2024
Final week it was reported that Senate Democrats are secretly sabotaging Tulsi Gabbard’s affirmation by claiming she has not offered sufficient “vetting supplies.”
President Trump nominated Tulsi Gabbard as Director of Nationwide Intelligence and the Democrats are sabotaging her affirmation listening to.
“Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), the vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, is balking at GOP requests to carry a listening to for Gabbard early subsequent week, in line with a number of sources conversant in the conversations,” Axios reported final week.
