Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said Sunday he “couldn't be happier” with… President-elect Trump Government candidates, saying that he would work to advance them as quickly as possible.
When Paul was asked during an appearance on “Sunday Morning Futures” if he would support all of Trump's picks for… his inner circle, “I couldn't have chosen better,” the senator replied.
The senator said: “The vast majority will support it on day one.” “We're going to try to get Kristi Noem through the Department of Homeland Security, Ross Vought (for the Office of Management and Budget)…. I think in the first week you'll have six of them approved in the first week.”
Paul said he would control a single committee responsible for confirming the nominees, adding, “I pledge to complete them as quickly as possible.”
Trump administration takes shape: President-elect completes top 15 Cabinet picks
Senator Rand Paul said he will chair the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee when the new Congress begins in January. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times/Bloomberg via Getty Images, File)
Paul said he will chair the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee when the new Congress begins in January.
Trump has carefully selected a group of establishment and unconventional officials For the top 15 posts In his Cabinet, including the selection of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and the selection of FBI Director Kash Patel and Senator Marco Rubio as his nominee for Secretary of State.
Paul said he “couldn't be happier” with President-elect Trump's Cabinet nominees. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images, file)
Some of Trump's picks have proven controversial, such as Patel, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Director of National Intelligence nominee Tulsi Gabbard.
In late November, Fox News Digital learned that nearly a dozen of Trump's Cabinet nominees and other appointees had been nominated for the incoming administration. He was Targeted With “violent and un-American threats to their lives and those they live with.”
