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The Senate will have separate committee hearings for three of President Donald Trump's administration nominees on Wednesday, including former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is considered one of his more vulnerable picks.

At approximately 10 a.m. on Wednesday, hearings for both Kennedy in the Finance Committee and Howard Lutnick in the Commerce Committee will begin. 

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RFK Jr., Kelly Loeffler

Kennedy and Loeffler will have committee hearings on Wednesday. (Reuters)

Trump picked Kennedy to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), while Lutnick is the president's choice for Commerce secretary. 

In the afternoon, Kelly Loeffler goes before the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. The hearing for Trump's pick to lead the Small Business Administration starts at 3:30 p.m. 

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Howard Lutnick

Howard Lutnick is being considered for secretary of commerce. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Several of Trump's nominees have already been confirmed, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Transportation Secretary-designate Sean Duffy. 

While the Hegseth confirmation came down to the wire, with Vice President JD Vance being needed to break a tie in the Senate, there's been some indication that other Trump nominees such as Kennedy, former Democrat Rep. Tulsi Gabbard and potentially Kash Patel will have their own uphill battles to getting confirmed. 

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Former Senator Kelly Loeffler

Kelly Loeffler is a former senator from Georgia. (Alyssa Pointer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Gabbard is Trump's choice to be director of national intelligence, and Patel is nominated to be the next attorney general. 

While the Finance Committee will ultimately vote on whether to advance Kennedy's nomination to the Senate floor, he will also have a hearing on Thursday before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions because of the position's relevance to public health.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Kennedy is one of Trump's more controversial picks. (Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

Senators on both sides of the aisle in the Finance Committee are expected to ask Kennedy for clarifications on his past statements regarding vaccines and how he would apply his beliefs if confirmed to lead HHS.

Julia Johnson is a politics writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business, leading coverage of the U.S. Senate. She was previously a politics reporter at the Washington Examiner. 

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Authored by Julia Johnson via FoxNews January 28th 2025