04.23.18

Senate Will Confirm Pompeo as Next Secretary of State

WASHINGTON, D.C.  U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the following announcement Monday regarding the nomination of Mike Pompeo to serve as U.S. Secretary of State:

“The Pompeo nomination has now been reported out of the Foreign Relations Committee, and there are sufficient votes in the Senate to ensure that he will be confirmed this week as our nation’s next Secretary of State.”

The Leader’s floor remarks on the Pompeo nomination today are here.

Related Issues: National Security, Nominations