AICommittee approves Agriculture and HHS Inspector General nominations

Title

Committee approves Agriculture and HHS Inspector General nominations

Purpose

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held this business meeting, pursuant to notice given November 13, to consider the nominations of John Walk to be Inspector General of the Department of Agriculture and Thomas Bell to be Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services. Chair Paul presided over roll call votes on both nominations, and the committee voted to report both favorably. Begins at▶ 0:18:15

Who spoke

• Chair Rand Paul (R-KY)▶ 0:18:15: Called the committee to order and stated it would consider the nominations of John Walk to be Inspector General of the Department of Agriculture and Thomas Bell to be Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services▶ 0:18:15; announced the roll call vote on Walk's nomination passed 8-1▶ 0:19:23; moved to consideration of Bell's nomination▶ 0:19:28 and announced it also passed 8-1, ordering both nominations reported favorably before adjourning the meeting▶ 0:20:01▶ 0:20:11.

Key moments

• Chair Paul opened by warning that members who "do not come to order will be disciplined severely"▶ 0:18:15.

• The committee voted 8-1 to report John Walk's nomination to be Inspector General of the Department of Agriculture▶ 0:19:23.

• The committee voted 8-1 to report Thomas Bell's nomination to be Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services▶ 0:20:01.

• Chair Paul declared both nominations agreed to and ordered reported favorably▶ 0:20:01▶ 0:20:11.

• The business meeting adjourned roughly two minutes after it began▶ 0:20:11.