Russell Vought 's confirmation hearing to lead budget office: How to watch, what to know.
Project 2025 contributing author Russell Vought is slated to resume his former role as Office of Management and Budget director following Senate approval Wednesday afternoon.
Vought, 48, previously led the office under President-elect Donald Trump's first term and is expected to serve through the second. In November, Trump nominated the close ally to once again oversee the president's priorities in the executive branch while also coordinating with federal agencies and departments.
"Russ knows exactly how to dismantle the Deep State and end Weaponized Government, and he will help us return Self Governance to the People. We will restore fiscal sanity to our Nation, and unleash the American People to new levels of Prosperity and Ingenuity," Trump wrote in a Nov. 22 statement.
As the founder of Trump agenda advocacy group Center for Renewing America, Vought has advocated for firm presidential powers to face federal agencies operating outside the control of the White House.
"There is unfinished business on behalf of the American people, and it’s an honor of a lifetime to get the call again," Vought said in a post on X after getting the nomination.
Earlier this month, Vought met with U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts to discuss "cutting regulations and unleashing prosperity for the American people," the Nebraska representative wrote on X.
How to watch Russell Vought's confirmation hearing?
Russell Vought's confirmation hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025 at 1 p.m. at the Senate Dirksen Building in Washington, D.C.
Who is Russell Vought?
Russell Vought is the former Office of Management and Budget director expected to be confirmed for the role on Wednesday, Jan. 15.
After serving in the first Trump administration, Vought later founded the Center for Renewing America in early 2021. The advocacy group's goal was to promote Trump's agenda between his 2020 election defeat and 2024 victory.
Before joining the Trump Administration, Vought worked with grassroots and public policy organizations across Washington for 20 years and served as vice president of Heritage Action for America for seven years. Other prior roles include a legislative assistant for U.S. Senator Phil Gramm, policy director for the House Republican Conference and executive director of the Republican Study Committee.
In 1998, he earned his bachelor of arts degree from the Wheaton College in northeastern Illinois, according to Trump White House archives. He later received his his juris doctor degree from George Washington University Law School in 2004.
What was his Project 2025 chapter about?
Despite Trump distancing himself from the Project 2025 policy blueprint during his presidential campaign he is bringing contributing author Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget.
Vought wrote a 25-page chapter on executive power elaborating on the barriers against the president's task "to limit, control, and direct the executive branch on behalf of the American people."
Contributing: Joey Garrison, Paste BN