‘Ready For The Fight’: Confirmation Hearings Scheduled For Tulsi Gabbard, Kash Patel, RFK Jr.

The Senate is preparing for fireworks next week as three of President Donald Trump’s most debated cabinet nominees will face confirmation hearings on Wednesday and Thursday.

Tulsi Gabbard, the nominee for Director of National Intelligence; Kash Patel, the nominee for FBI Director; and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s choice to lead Health and Human Services, will all face Senate confirmation hearings. Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) said on Friday morning that he’s expecting “the Left and the media to come out hard” against each of them.

“Quick update: three heavy-hitters:@Kash_Patel, @TulsiGabbard, and @RobertKennedyJr have their confirmation hearings set for Wed 1/29 & Thurs 1/30. Expect the Left and the media to come out hard, especially when focus shifts off @PeteHegseth. We’re ready for the fight,” Mullin wrote on X.

Kennedy will be grilled by the Senate Finance Committee beginning at 10:00 a.m. ET on Wednesday, while Patel and Gabbard will face hearings on Thursday. Patel will sit before the Judiciary Committee at 9:30 a.m., and Gabbard’s hearing before the Intelligence Committee will begin a half hour later. Kennedy is scheduled for another hearing at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday before the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. The Daily Wire will cover the hearings with a live blog, providing updates on the biggest moments.

Trump’s nominations of Kennedy, Patel, and Gabbard have already faced pushback from Democrats and the legacy media. The hearings will likely stoke as much — if not more — controversy than those of Trump’s Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth, who faces his confirmation vote on Friday night.

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Democrats have criticized Patel’s nomination, arguing that he lacks the “experience, temperament, or judgment” necessary to run the FBI. Democrats have complained about Kennedy’s vaccine stances, while some Republicans have urged the Senate to vote against RFK Jr. over his stance on abortion. Gabbard, meanwhile, has been accused by some Democrats of having ties to Russia.

The confirmation process for the new Trump administration has been a bumpy ride. Trump’s initial pick for attorney general, former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), faced controversy over a congressional ethics report on his alleged sexual misconduct. Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration just one week after he was tapped by Trump.

Not all of Trump’s cabinet picks have faced uphill challenges, however. Both Secretary of State Marco Rubio and CIA Director John Ratcliffe quickly sailed through their confirmation process.