BREAKING: Senate confirms Agriculture Secretary, 19 Dems vote ‘yes’, plus committee advances Kash Patel

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President Trump’s cabinet nominees are steadily being confirmed, with two more, so far, on Thursday, and another advanced forward out of committee.

This comes after Tulsi Gabbard was just confirmed on Wednesday as National Intelligence Director.

Thursday morning, the senate voted to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services Secretary, and then confirmed Brooke Rollins as Secretary of Agriculture.

Also Thursday morning, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to recommend Kash Patel as FBI Director. His nomination now advances to the Senate floor, where he is expected to be confirmed.

Immediately after voting to confirm Kennedy as HHS Secretary Thursday morning, the senate began voting on Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins of Texas.

Rollins was confirmed in a bipartisan vote of 72-28 at noon Thursday, with 19 Democrats crossing the aisle to support her.

When he nominated Rollins, Trump wrote, “Brooke was on my 2016 Economic Advisory Council, and did an incredible job during my First Term as the Director of the Domestic Policy Council, Director of the Office of American Innovation, and Assistant to the President for Strategic Initiatives.”

“In these roles, she helped develop and manage the transformational Domestic Policy Agenda of my Administration. Brooke has spent the past four years as the Founder and CEO of the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) and America First Works (AFW), building a team of loyal Patriots, and championing the Policies of our America First Agenda,” Trump added.

Nineteen Democrat senators joined all Republicans in voting to confirm Rollins on Thursday. They are Sens. Baldwin, Bennet, Booker, Cortez-Masto, Minority Whip Durbin, Fetterman, Gallego, Hassan, Henrich, Hickenlooper, Agriculture Cmte Ranking Mbr Klobuchar, Ossoff, Peters, Rosen, Schiff, Shaheen, Slotkin, Warnock & Welch.

Accepting her nomination in November, Rollins wrote, “Thank you, Mr. President, for the opportunity to serve as the next U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. It will be the honor of my life to fight for America’s farmers and our Nation’s agricultural communities. This is big stuff for a small-town ag girl from Glen Rose, TX — truly the American Dream at its greatest. WHO’S READY TO MAKE AGRICULTURE GREAT AGAIN? 🚜🧑🏻‍🌾🇺🇸.”

Sen. Dr. Roger Marshall (R-KS) posted a video congratulating Rollins, and wrote, “Congratulations to @BrookeLRollins on becoming our new Secretary of Agriculture! Brooke will be a fighter for Kansas farmers and our nation’s agriculture. I look forward to working with her and President @realDonaldTrump to put American farmers and ranchers first.”

MORE TRUMP CABINET NEWS:

Education Secretary Nominee Linda McMahon is testifying at her Senate confirmation hearing Thursday morning before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.

 

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