The second day of Senate confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet wrapped up and will resume Thursday. Many nominees have met with senators individually and then went before the committees overseeing the agencies Trump wants them to run. Hearings for Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi, Secretary of State nominee Marco Rubio, Transportation Secretary nominee Sean Duffy, CIA Director nominee John Ratcliffe, and Energy Secretary nominee Chris Wright focused on their policy stances and potential conflicts of interest.
The second day of Senate confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet picked wrapped up Wednesday and will resume Thursday. Many nominees have met with senators individually. They then went before the committees overseeing the agencies Trump wants them to run.
faces intense competition from other countries in electric cars and self-driving technology, in particular from China. That country came up several times during the hearing, as did Musk, the world's richest man with close ties to the president-elect who gave an estimated $250 million to Trump's presidential campaign.
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