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Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on Jan. 16 in Wilmington, Delaware. Photo: Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images
President Biden's nominees for attorney general, health and human services secretary, interior secretary, CIA director and U.S. trade representative will testify before Senate committees next week.
The big picture: Biden wants known, trusted people around him, many from the Obama administration, to help implement his policies and turn away from the tumultuous Trump years.
Schedule
Feb. 22 and 23:
- 9:30 am and 10 am: Merrick Garland, nominee for attorney general, before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Feb. 23:
- 10 am: Xavier Becerra, nominee for health and human services secretary, before the Senate Committee on Health, Education Labor & Pensions.
- 9:30 am: Deb Haaland, nominee for interior secretary, before the Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources.
Feb. 24:
- 10 am: William Burns, nominee for CIA director, before the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Feb. 25:
- 10 am: Katherine Tai, nominee for U.S. trade representative, before the Senate Finance Committee.
Confirmed Cabinet members
- Avril Haines, confirmed as director of national intelligence on Jan. 21.
- Retired Gen. Lloyd Austin, confirmed as defense secretary on Jan. 22.
- Janet Yellen, confirmed as treasury secretary on Jan. 25.
- Antony Blinken, confirmed as secretary of state on Jan. 26.
- Pete Buttigieg, confirmed as transportation secretary on Feb. 2.
- Alejandro Mayorkas, confirmed as secretary of homeland security on Feb. 2.
- Denis McDonough, confirmed as veterans affairs secretary on Feb. 8.
- Tom Vilsack, confirmed as agriculture secretary on Feb. 23.
- Linda Thomas-Greenfield, confirmed as UN ambassador on Feb. 23.
Nominees pending confirmation vote
- Gina Raimondo, nominee for commerce secretary.
- Marcia Fudge, nominee for housing and urban development secretary.
- Cecilia Rouse, nominee to lead the Council of Economic Advisers.
- Miguel Cardona, nominee for education secretary.
- Michael Regan, nominee for administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
- Marty Walsh, nominee for labor secretary.
- Isabel Guzman, nominee for small business administrator.
- Jennifer Granholm, nominee for energy secretary.
This page will be updated as more hearings are scheduled.
Go deeper: Biden finalizes full slate of Cabinet secretaries