WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement after the Committee passed Jacob Helberg for Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment; Andrew Puzder for Representative to the European Union; Paul Kapur for Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs; Benjamin Black for CEO of the United States International Development Finance Corporation; Howard Brodie for ambassador to Finland; Luigi Rinaldi for ambassador to Uruguay, Arthur Fisher for ambassador to Austria, Roman Pipko for ambassador to Estonia; Stacey Feinberg for ambassador to Luxembourg, and Nicholas Merrick for ambassador to the Czech Republic.
“I’m glad my colleagues and I have voted to move ten of President Trump’s nominees to the Senate floor today. These nominees understand that under President Trump, the interests of the American people and our national security come first. I’m grateful to these nominees and their families for their willingness to serve, and I look forward to voting for them again when their nominations come to the Senate floor.
“The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has now passed 43 nominees, and we will continue to work at this quick pace to ensure President Trump and Secretary Rubio have the team that they need.”