WASHINGTON (January 13, 2025)-- This week the United States Senate will hold hearings for President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet for his second term as president.
The hearings will kick off tomorrow with Doug Collins (Department of Veterans Affairs), Pete Hegseth (Department of Defense), and Doug Burgum (Interior Department). More hearings are scheduled throughout Wednesday and Thursday of this week with eight choices that have hearings yet to be scheduled.
NBC News reported that the Senate is bracing for “train wreck” during the hearings with some controversial selections.
For more legal context on the matter, please consider Jessica Tillipman, Associate Dean for Government Procurement Law Studies and Government Contracts Advisory Council Professorial Lecturer in Government Contracts Law, Practice & Policy at the George Washington University Law School. Tillipman is an expert in integrity, compliance and emerging technology issues in government procurement law. She also specializes in Anti-Corruption & Compliance, anti-corruption, ethics, and compliance issues in government procurement, government contracts and white collar criminal defense.
If you wish to speak with Dean Tillipman, please contact Media Relations Specialist Shannon Mitchell at [email protected].
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