stier and martha, i see you all. if you would raise your right hand. [witnesses were sworn in] >> let the record show that all of our witnesses have answered in the affirmative, thank you. without objection your full written statements will be made part of the record. with that, ms. kumar, you are now recognized for your five-minute testimony, and we welcome you before the committee. >> thank you very much. good morning, chairman connolly, chairwoman maloney, ranking member hice and ranking member comer. i would like to say word about paulson remains as a professor at towson university in baltimore. senator sarbanes was very generous with his time to students, and both having students in his office as interns and as meeting with him, the sessions the students greatly prized. following the hearing theme of the elements of a presidential transition, i would like to briefly explore three elements that are important aspects of recent transitions. first, the strength of the 1963 presidential transition act. in the 58 years since the president and congress f

next, backs stier with the president -- max stier with the presidential transition team. ♪ host: goodorning, and welcome to "washington journal." the senate has agreed to wait two weeks before beginning the impeachment trial of former president donald trump. this agreement brokered by house and senate leaders, will allow president joe biden to move ahead with his agenda, including getting his cabinet in place before senators begin debating a possible conviction for the former president. our question to you this morning -- what do you think about the senate agreeing to take up former president donald trump's impeachment in two weeks? we will open up our regular lines to you. democrats, your line is (202) 748-8000. republicans, we want to hear from you at (202) 748-8001. independents, you can call (202) 748-8002. keep in mind, you can always text us your opinion at (202) 748-8003. we are always reading on social media on twitter at c-span wj and on facebook at facebook.com/c-span. once again, we had an agreement brokered by house and senate leaders on friday, to wait two weeks before be

we are back with max stier, president and ceo of the center for presidential transition. he is with us this morning to talk about what the biden administration will be doing develop president biden's cabinet and the agency workforce. max, good morning. guest: good morning. host: first of all, let's get into with the biden administration faces. on screen are going to see the biden political appointee tracker, which is done by our public service, that biden has picked 51 nominees to fill key roles so far. only 2 have been confirmed by the senate. max, what does president biden face when it comes to filling his key cabinet rules? guest: it is a big task and as you say the biden team is ahead of the curve in the historical term. they have got over 50 nominations they have made in the next highest administration in terms of having the outside the gate was the obama administration at 42. that is just nomination, not confirmation. there are over 1200 positions that the incoming administration has to fill that are senate confirmed. 4000 total appointees of those 1250 that require

then max stier come on challenges facing the biden administration, -- then max stier, on challenges facing biden administration. be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, comments, text messages, and to -- and tweets. announcer: biden nominees, gina raimondo and denis mcdonough, will be on capitol hill next week for their confirmation hearings. tuesday at 10:00 a.m. eastern, gina raimondo, commerce secretary nominee, testifies before the senate commerce committee. wednesday at 3:00 p.m. eastern, former white house chief of staff dennis mcdonough, monai did for secretary of veterans affairs, testifies before the senate affairs committee. watch the confirmation hearings live on c-span, on demand that c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app -- at c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. ♪ announcer: next, a conversation about the impact of former president trump on the republican party and potential 2024 gop presidential candidates. michael barone is a senior political analyst for the washington examiner. he was interviewed by hudson institute

at the same time while those on the left have a stier for -- in essence there can be no unity without conforming to their views. disagree and you will be canceled. and not just your social media account, but your job, your family, your occasional opportunities, even your god-given rights. only those who meet the ideological purity test can retain your voice. over the past year i experienced this first hand many times. yes, i've been a proud champion of conservative values, but i always put georgia first ahead of politics. as the pandemic began to unfold, i worked around the clock to deliver relief across georgia. yet the mainstream media, including my own hometown newspaper, flooded its pages not with serious coverage of my relief efforts, but with completely false stories about stock trades fabricated by a left-wing blog. when this political attack was thoroughly debunked that fact was largely omitted from subsequent coverage to fit their narrative. the truth is the mainstream media and big tech increasingly care only about advancing their political ideology and protecting the speech