Schedule of Confirmation Hearings for Obama's Nominees

Published December 24, 2015

The following is the schedule to-date of Senate confirmation hearings for President-elect Barack Obama's nominees and the committees overseeing them. All times are Eastern Standard Time.

Thursday, Jan. 8

Tom Daschle, former Senate majority leader, for secretary of health and human services at 10 a.m. (Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee)

Friday, Jan. 9

Hilda Solis, California representative, for secretary of labor, at 9:30 a.m. (Health Education, Labor and Pensions)

Tuesday, Jan 13

Peter Orszag, director of the Congressional Budget Office, for director of Office of Management and Budget, at 9 a.m. (Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee)
Hillary Clinton, New York senator, for secretary of state, at 9:30 a.m. (Foreign Relations Committee)
Arne Duncan, Chicago schools chief, for secretary of education, at 10 a.m. (Health Education, Labor and Pensions Committee)
Steven Chu, experimental physicist at University of California-Berkeley, for secretary of energy, at 10 a.m. (Energy and Natural Resources Committee)
Shaun Donovan, New York commissioner of housing preservation and development, for secretary of housing and urban development, at 10 a.m. (Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee)
Lisa Jackson, former New Jersey commissioner of environmental protection, for director of the Environmental Protection Agency, at 10 a.m. (Environment and Public Works Committee)

Wednesday, Jan. 14

Tom Vilsack, former Iowa governor, for secretary of agriculture, at 10 a.m. (Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee)
Eric Shinseki, retired U.S. Army general, for secretary of veterans affairs, at 10 a.m. (Veterans' Affairs Committee)

Thursday, Jan. 15

Eric Holder, former deputy attorney general, for U.S. attorney general, at 9:30 a.m. (Judiciary Committee)
Ken Salazar, Colorado senator, for secretary of interior, at 9:30 a.m. (Energy and Natural Resources Committee)
Susan Rice, former assistant secretary of state, for ambassador to the United Nations, at 9:30 a.m. (Foreign Relations Committee)
Janet Napolitano, Arizona governor, for secretary of homeland security, at 10 a.m. (Homeland Security & Government Affairs Committee)
Timothy Geithner, president of the New York Federal Reserve, for secretary of treasury, at 10 a.m. (Finance Committee)
Mary Schapiro, former SEC commissioner, for chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, at 10 a.m.(Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee)
Daniel Tarullo, Georgetown economics professor, for member of the Federal Reserve Board, at 10 a.m. (Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee)
Christina Romer, University of California-Berkeley economics professor, for chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, at 10 a.m. (Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee)
Austan Goolsbee, University of Chicago economics professor, for member of the Council of Economic Advisers, at 10 a.m. (Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee)
Cecilia Rouse, Princeton University economics professor, for member of the Council of Economic Advisers, at 10 a.m. (Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee)

To Be Announced

Ray LaHood, Illinois Representative, for secretary of transportation
Ron Kirk, former Dallas mayor, for United States trade representative
Secretary of Commerce nominee

No hearing needed

Robert Gates, secretary of defense, for current position

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