01/25/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/24/2025 23:56
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. joined Fox Business: The Bottom Line to discuss the Senate's imminent vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense, the determination of the Republican-led Senate to confirm President Trump's Cabinet and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s upcoming Senate confirmation hearings.
Senator Marshall sits on both the Senate Finance and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committees, both of which will be holding hearings next week to consider the nomination of RFK Jr. for Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Senator Marshall has met with both Hegseth and RFK Jr. and believes they are the best picks to carry out President Trump's America First Agenda at the DOD and HHS.
You may click HERE or on the image above to watch Senator Marshall's full interview.
Highlights from Senator Marshall's interview include:
On Pete Hegseth being confirmed as Secretary of Defense, other Trump nominees on deck:
"I'm sure optimistic. [Pete Hegseth is] on second base right now. He passed the procedural vote with one vote to spare. So I'm very optimistic. And I just want to emphasize why this is important. President Trump is issuing all these executive orders. We need these nominees then get in there to do the job and execute those orders. So we need Pete to jump in there. He's going to do a great job recruiting, a great job with the morale, and just rewarding people for their merit, as opposed to anything else."
"[Democrats have] resorted to character assassination…But regardless, I think that once we get Pete across the finish line, Kristi Nome is on deck, she's going to step up. I expect her to get across pretty easily, as you mentioned. Sean Duffy is there in the hole waiting as well. So I think we're in good shape."
On GOP-led Senate's determination to confirm President Trump's Cabinet:
"We're willing to stay here and punish the Democrats. The good news is we had them kicking and screaming, so we're over the target. We're all committed to staying here this weekend. They can try to slow things down, and as long as they keep jamming us, we're just going to stay up here and keep working away. I don't think we'll have to get to those recess appointments, but if necessary, we will. I'm really optimistic, if we just keep plugging away here, we're going to get them all across the finish line."
On Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s upcoming Senate confirmation hearing:
"Look, he has an army of people behind him. I mean, just a groundswell of people out there. 77 million…people voted for President Trump, and one of the reasons was because of Bobby Kennedy Jr….I think that the American public is going to carry Bobby through that nomination process. He's brilliant. He's going to do a great job- all those things. And I think when people just listen to his heart, that he loves this country, that he wants to make America healthy again, and he knows how to do it, so I expect that groundswell of support to get him over the finish line."