Although the new Trump Administration will not formally come into office until January 20, confirmation hearings for many of the Cabinet nominees will kick off the week of January 9.
For example, Education Secretary nominee Betsy DeVos will go before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee on at 10 AM EST on Wednesday, January 11. The hearing will be webcast and will be available here.
Rep. Tom Price (R-GA), who has been tapped to head the Department of Health and Human Services for the new Administration, is scheduled to appear before the HELP Committee on January 18. He will also testify before the Senate Finance Committee.
Not all of the confirmation hearings for Cabinet secretary nominations have been scheduled yet. In addition, no nominees have yet been named to head many of the federal agencies of great interest to UW, such as the National Institutes of Health, NOAA, and NASA.
Federal Relations will continue to monitor and update as nomination process moves forward.