WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) today issued the following statement after the Foreign Relations Committee passed Mr. Caleb Orr to be an assistant secretary of State, The Honorable Kenneth Howery to be ambassador to Denmark, The Honorable Callista Gingrich to be ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein, Ms. Somers Farkas to be ambassador to Malta, and Mr. Leandro Rizzuto to be ambassador to the Organization of American States out of committee:
“The committee was able to pass five of President Trump’s nominees today. I applaud the tremendous speed in which we are moving these nominees. I hope they are confirmed on the Senate floor as soon as possible so they can transition into the Trump Administration and support Secretary Rubio’s execution of America first foreign policy.”
In total, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has approved 31 of President Trump’s nominees this year.
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