You're hired! Here's who passed Congress' Trump cabinet test and how stormy their hearings were

As of Wednesday, 11 of President Donald Trump’s furniture nominees person been successfully confirmed to their posts.

While some, similar Secretary of State Marco Rubio, sailed done – others, similar Attorney General Pam Bondi saw their confirmation process marred with pointed confrontations, and heavy dives into their idiosyncratic lives, arsenic was the lawsuit for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Sens. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., (durbin.senate.gov)

MARCO RUBIO: STATE

Rubio, a longtime Florida legislator from Miami, and the lad of Cuban immigrants, enjoyed a comparatively calm confirmation proceeding erstwhile it came to interactions with lawmakers.

However, respective Code Pink protesters aggravated implicit what their shirts denoted arsenic the "killing of children successful Gaza" had to beryllium removed from the country owed to outbursts.

The last protester shouted astatine Rubio successful Spanish, to which the now-secretary remarked that his protesters are at-times bilingual.

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Rubio was confirmed unanimously 99-0. At the time, Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, was inactive lieutenant politician and had not been seated successful Vice President JD Vance’s place.

Hegseth (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

PETE HEGSETH: DEFENSE

Veteran and erstwhile Fox News big Pete Hegseth laid a much contentious way done the confirmation process.

Hegseth earned 2 Bronze Stars and respective different medals portion serving successful the Army National Guard. He joined Fox News Channel successful 2014 and resigned upon his Pentagon nomination.

Questions arose astir allegations helium drank heavy astatine times and was abusive towards women. Several radical successful Hegseth’s orbit, including chap Fox News personalities, rebuffed the claims against him.

While Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., offered praise for Hegseth’s confirmation – aboriginal telling reporters helium intelligibly answered each question enactment to him – different lawmakers didn’t presumption the nominee the aforesaid way.

When protesters disrupted the hearing, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said they appeared to beryllium from the "Chinese Communist [Party] front-group" Code Pink and upset astir Hegseth’s enactment for Israel.

"I enactment Israel's existential warfare successful Gaza. I assume, similar maine and President Trump, you enactment that warfare arsenic well," Cotton said.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., besides grilled Hegseth astir his qualifications to pb America’s troops.

ZELDIN GRILLED IN CONFIRMATION HEARING

"I bash not judge that you tin archer this committee oregon the radical of America that you are qualified to pb them. I would enactment you arsenic a spokesperson for the Pentagon," helium said.

Critics, including Fox News contributor Joe Concha claimed irony successful the lawmaker’s grilling – arsenic Trump antecedently dubbed Blumenthal "Da Nang Dick" aft claims surfaced that Blumenthal had misrepresented his ain subject work during the Vietnam War.

In the end, a 50-50 divided brought connected by GOP Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska joining each Democrats successful absorption led to Vance having to formed his archetypal tie-breaking ballot of the legislature league to corroborate Hegseth.

DOUG BURGUM: INTERIOR

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum received substantive Democratic enactment successful his last confirmation ballot of 80-17 past week. Three Democrats did not vote.

His confirmation hearing’s tenor was besides mixed, with chap North Dakotan, Sen. John Hoeven, calling him the close antheral for the job.

Some Democrats, including Sens. Catherine Cortez-Masto and Mazie Hirono, however, offered pointed questions astir biology issues and different concerns during the hearing.

When Cortez-Masto asked astir the Trump medication repealing EV credits, Burgum said helium "support[s] economics and markets" and highlighted the comparatively precocious costs of electrical vehicles.

Burgum grew up successful eastbound North Dakota, adjacent a atom elevator his gramps operated. He reportedly met aboriginal Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer successful assemblage and aboriginal "bet the farm" to put a 4th cardinal dollars successful 1983 successful a tech startup called Great Plains Software.

He yet became president of the company, which was purchased by Microsoft astir the crook of the century.

He served arsenic North Dakota’s politician successful caller years, concisely mounting a 2024 statesmanlike bid earlier dropping retired to endorse Trump.

SCOTT BESSENT: TREASURY

South Carolina billionaire Scott Bessent was confirmed arsenic Trump’s second-term Treasury caput connected Jan. 28.

With the confirmation, Bessent became the highest ranking openly cheery furniture authoritative successful U.S. history.

Bessent was calved successful Conway, S.C., conscionable inland from the celebrated "Calabash" seafood country successful North Carolina and edifice metropolis of Myrtle Beach, S.C.

He antecedently worked for respective planetary concern absorption companies for decades, notably including a stint arsenic main concern serviceman for Soros Fund Management; led by left-wing Hungarian-American billionaire George Soros.

His politics, however, look to greatly disagree from those of Soros himself – arsenic Bessent erstwhile called Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act "'single astir important economical contented of the day."

During his confirmation process, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., was a noted foil. 

Warren reportedly sent Bessent much than 100 written questions connected subjects spanning from lodging to fiscal oversight up of his testimony, according to PBS.

He was confirmed by a comparatively bipartisan 68-29, with 1 Republican and 2 Democrats not voting.

SEAN DUFFY: TRANSPORTATION

Former Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wis., was confirmed successful a comparatively much peaceful process than different nominees.

Duffy enjoyed a comparatively cordial proceeding earlier Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and the Senate Commerce Committee.

However, 22 Democrats inactive voted against his confirmation, with Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., not voting.

Within a time of his confirmation, Duffy was faced with a catastrophic midair collision implicit the Potomac River successful Washington, D.C. involving a subject chopper and an American Airlines-sanctioned rider formation from Kansas to Reagan National.

All of those aboard some crafts died arsenic the fuselage crashed into the shallow but frigid Potomac, conscionable yards shy of the Arlington, Va., airport’s runway.

Soon after, Duffy had to simultaneously grip the fallout from a aesculapian level crashing adjacent the junction of US-1 and PA-73 successful Northeast Philadelphia. 

The doomed level spewed pitchy substance arsenic it crashed, mounting a enactment of homes connected Cottman Avenue ablaze. Six Mexican nationals onboard and 1 Pennsylvanian connected the crushed was killed, according to quality reports.

CHRIS WRIGHT: ENERGY

Energy Secretary Chris Wright was confirmed Sunday successful a 59-38 vote, with 1 Democrat and 2 Republicans not voting.

The vigor institution CEO from Colorado told lawmakers helium would unleash U.S. vigor imaginable arsenic secretary.

He has been a professional of clime alteration regulations and was endorsed by American Energy Alliance main Tom Pyle arsenic good arsenic Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo. – the erstwhile president of the earthy resources committee.

DOUG COLLINS: VETERANS AFFAIRS

Former Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., was precocious confirmed arsenic Trump’s prime to pb the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Collins saw wide bipartisan enactment successful his 77-23 vote. In the Veterans Affairs Committee that heard his nomination, lone Hirono voted against him.

Collins is simply a seasoned of the U.S. Air Force Reserve, and volition present pb the bureau meant to attraction for veterans aft their service.

"I bash not travel into this with rose-colored glasses. This is simply a ample undertaking that I consciousness called to beryllium at," Collins said. "When a seasoned has to telephone a congressman oregon senator’s bureau to get the attraction they person already earned, it’s a people of failure."

Collins notably garnered a pro-life streak successful Congress, vociferously opposing the Affordable Care Act and remarking upon the decease of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, "RIP to the much than 30 cardinal guiltless babies that person been murdered during the decades that Ruth Bader Ginsburg defended pro-abortion laws." 

KRISTI NOEM: HOMELAND SECURITY

Now-former South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem successfully made it done her confirmation proceeding to go the nation’s homeland information chief.

As governor, Noem provided South Dakotan resources to Texas and Gov. Greg Abbott to assistance assuage the Biden borderline crisis.

As secretary, she has been connected manus for migration enforcement operations undertaken by Border Czar Thomas Homan, including 1 successful The Bronx, N.Y.

Noem saw a comparatively peaceful confirmation process, though lone a fistful of Democrats yet supported her.

"We indispensable beryllium vigilant and proactive and innovative to support the homeland," she said astatine her hearing.

"The challenges successful beforehand of america are highly significant, and we indispensable unafraid our borders against amerciable trafficking and immigration. We indispensable safeguard our captious infrastructure to marque definite that we're protected against cyberattacks, respond to earthy disasters and besides terrorism."

Noem was raised connected a ranch adjacent Hayti, S.D., earlier venturing into politics.

In 2012, Noem won South Dakota’s at-large U.S. House spot – a GOP flip from its erstwhile officeholder, Rep. Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin, D-S.D.

From there, she moved connected to the governor’s bureau successful 2018.

LEE ZELDIN: EPA

Former New York Rep. Lee Zeldin sat for his confirmation proceeding to pb the Environmental Protection Agency 2 weeks agone and was grilled by Democrats connected his views of clime change.

Senate EPW Committee ranking subordinate Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island questioned Zeldin connected the effects of c dioxide and pollutants connected the atmosphere.

"Is c dioxide a pollutant?" the Rhode Island Democrat asked, starring to a abbreviated back-and-forth.

Later, aft Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., questioned Zeldin astir clime alteration and different concerns, a cellphone that appeared to beryllium Zeldin's rang loudly.

"That was the fossil substance industry," Sanders quipped.

Later, Green New Deal co-sponsor Sen. Edward Markey of Massachusetts questioned Zeldin connected comments from a 2016 legislature statement wherever helium said it is the U.S.’ occupation to "reduce reliance connected fossil fuels."

"I enactment each of the supra energy," Zeldin replied earlier Markey chopped in.

In the last vote, 3 Democrats joined Republicans to corroborate him – Pennsylvania Sen. Fetterman and some Arizona senators – portion 3 different Democrats did not vote.

JOHN RATCLIFFE: CIA

CIA Director John Ratcliffe was confirmed by a 74-25 borderline connected January 23, with Fetterman not voting.

Ratcliffe antecedently served arsenic Trump's Director of National Intelligence (DNI) from May 2020 until January 2021, during Trump’s archetypal word successful office. 

While successful Congress representing North Texas, Ratcliffe sat connected the House Intelligence Committee, and notably garnered enactment successful his confirmation from Virginia Sen. Mark Warner, the apical Democrat connected the Senate’s spouse panel.

An Illinois native, Ratcliffe aboriginal became an lawyer successful Texas, was elected politician of Heath, and aboriginal named by erstwhile President George W. Bush to pb counterterrorism efforts successful the state’s Texarkana-based Eastern District.

Trump AG prime Pam Bondi went backmost and distant with Hawaii Sen. Mazie Hirono successful her confirmation hearing (Getty Images)

PAM BONDI: JUSTICE

Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi was confirmed to the national mentation of her erstwhile relation by a ballot of 54-46 – with Fetterman being the lone Democrat successful support.

Bondi’s proceeding was 1 of those that was marred by tense moments, including an speech with Rhode Island's Whitehouse.

Whitehouse grilled Bondi whether her Justice Department would question to people individuals connected a governmental ground and "look for a crime."

"It's a prosecutor's occupation to commencement with a transgression and look for a name. Correct?" helium asked.

"Senator, I deliberation that is the full occupation with the weaponization that we person seen the past 4 years and what's been happening to Donald Trump," Bondi replied. 

"They targeted Donald Trump. They went aft him, really starting backmost successful 2016. They targeted his campaign. They person launched countless investigations against him. That volition not beryllium the case. If I americium lawyer general, I volition not politicize that office."

As her exchanges with Whitehouse continued, she pointed to Kevin Clinesmith – an ex-FBI lawyer sentenced to probation aft helium illegally altered a FISA papers during a national probe done which Trump’s 2016 run had been accused of colluding with Russia.

There person been respective different confirmation hearings for different imaginable furniture members.

Notably, FBI nominee Kash Patel’s clash with Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., made waves past week.

Patel enraged Schiff implicit his reported enactment for January 6 inmates and his reported enactment successful performance with the accumulation of a opus sung by the inmates that featured an a capella Pledge of Allegiance from Trump.

The tit-for-tat devolved into a Clintonian spat erstwhile Patel riffed to Schiff that his effect to the lawmaker hinged connected his explanation of the connection "we" – arsenic Clinton had told prosecutors successful 1998 that a effect to portion of his Monica Lewinsky grounds centered connected the autarkic counsel’s explanation of "is."

Fox News' Adam Shaw, Caitlin McFall, Diana Stancy and Alec Schemmel contributed to this report.