{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.reed.senate.gov/news/releases/reed-democrats-call-for-more-vetting-of-trump-nominees-before-confirmation-hearings", "Reed, Democrats Call for More Vetting of Trump Nominees Before Confirmation Hearings", "2016-12-22", "2016", "2016-12", "Democrat", "House", "RI", "Jack Reed", "R000122", "www.reed.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "12/22/2016\u00a0\u2014\u00a0WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Following reports that President-elect Trump\u2019s Cabinet nominees have not yet provided the relevant Senate Committees with important documentation, such as a completed financial disclosure statement, ethics agreement signed by the Office of Government Ethics, and more ahead of their confirmation hearings, the Democratic Ranking Members of 16 Committees in the United States Senate today issued the following joint statement of principles for vetting the President-elect\u2019s nominees:\r\nStatement of Principles for Vetting Cabinet Nominees of President-elect Donald J. Trump\r\n\u201cThe United States Senate has a rich, bipartisan tradition of vetting nominees to the President\u2019s Cabinet. We hope to continue that tradition with our colleagues in the Republican Majority because the American people are entitled to a fair and open consideration process for all executive nominations. Therefore, a Cabinet nomination should only proceed to a mark-up in Committee if:\r\n \r\nThe nominee has cleared an FBI background check\r\n \r\n \r\nThe nominee provides a completed financial disclosure statement and ethics agreement signed by the Office of Government Ethics\r\n \r\n \r\nThe nominee has satisfied reasonable requests for additional information and Members have time to review that material.\u201d\r\n \r\nU.S. Senator Sherrod Brown\r\nRanking Member, Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs\r\nU.S. Senator Maria Cantwell\r\nRanking Member, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources\r\nU.S. Senator Ben Cardin\r\nRanking Member, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations\r\nU.S. Senator Tom Carper\r\nRanking Member, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works\r\nU.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein\r\nRanking Member, Senate Committee on the Judiciary\r\nU.S. Senator Claire McCaskill\r\nRanking Member, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee\r\nU.S. Senator Patty Murray\r\nRanking Member, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions\r\nU.S. Senator Bill Nelson\r\nRanking Member, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation\r\nU.S. Senator Jack Reed\r\nRanking Member, Senate Committee on Armed Services\r\nU.S. Senator Bernie Sanders\r\nRanking Member, Senate Committee on the Budget\r\nU.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen\r\nRanking Member, Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship\r\nU.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow\r\nRanking Member, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry\r\nU.S. Senator Jon Tester\r\nRanking Member, Senate Committee on Veterans\u2019 Affairs\r\nU.S. Senator Tom Udall\r\nRanking Member, Senate Committee on Indian Affairs\r\nU.S. Senator Mark Warner\r\nRanking Member, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence\r\nU.S. Senator Ron Wyden\r\nRanking Member, Senate Committee on Finance\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.reed.senate.gov/news/releases/reed-democrats-call-for-more-vetting-of-trump-nominees-before-confirmation-hearings"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.762099029496312, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}