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Photos of the week ending January 17, 2025

Pete Hegseth, left, Trump's pick for secretary of Defense, and former Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., prepare to leave the hearing room after the Senate Armed Services Committee's confirmation hearing on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Pete Hegseth, left, Trump's pick for secretary of Defense, and former Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., prepare to leave the hearing room after the Senate Armed Services Committee's confirmation hearing on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted January 17, 2025 at 9:22am

Welcome to the Trump administration confirmation hearing-palooza edition of Roll Call’s photos of the week. Many of President-elect Donald Trump’s picks for Cabinet and agency positions appeared before Senate committees this week, while a few were postponed due to paperwork issues. CQ Roll Call photojournalists were at every hearing to bring you into the room.

Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, arrives with Pam Bondi, Trump’s proposed nominee for attorney general, for her confirmation hearing on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Former Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wis., Trump’s proposed nominee for Transportation secretary, shakes hands with senators on Wednesday before the start of his confirmation hearing at the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., center, is greeted by Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Jim Risch, R-Idaho, and ranking member Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., at his confirmation hearing on Wednesday. Rubio is Trump’s pick for secretary of State. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
A protester holds up a banner reading, “Big oil profits LA burns,” at the confirmation hearing for Chris Wright, proposed nominee for secretary of Energy, before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Russell Vought, Trump’s pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget, arrives to testify at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Former Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., center, is greeted by Sens. John Boozman, R-Ark., right, and John Barrasso, R-Wyo., before his confirmation hearing at the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Thursday. Zeldin is the proposed nominee for EPA administrator. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Trump’s pick to lead the Interior Department, arrives for his confirmation hearing at the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Scott Turner, Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development, is sworn in for his confirmation hearing at the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Scott Bessent, the proposed nominee for Treasury secretary, testifies at his confirmation hearing at the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

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