Trump Presses for Approval of Cabinet Nominees
President Donald Trump pressed lawmakers to confirm members of his cabinet, speaking Thursday at a GOP retreat in Philadelphia. “I would like to have my commerce secretary Wilbur [Ross] approved because I hear he did fantastically well,” Trump said at…
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one point, turning to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., seated on stage. “We’d like to have him approved as soon as possible. And Mitch says it will be done, and it will be.” He referred to a meeting coming up this week with British Prime Minister Theresa May. “I don’t have my commerce secretary and they want to talk trade,” said Trump. He also cited Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., his nominee for attorney general. Sessions “is a fine person” who is “respected by everybody” and who “did unbelievably in front of committee,” Trump said. On his executive actions, which include implications for telecom (see 1701250068), Trump said: “We’ve issued executive orders to remove wasteful regulations that slow down commerce and delay infrastructure, which we desperately need, the very beginning of a massive effort to reduce crushing regulations on our economy. And we are going to reduce regulations big time.” On his broader ambitions on infrastructure, he said: “We will fix our existing product before we build anything brand new. We have a lot of things that are in bad shape.”