Meanwhile, President elect Trump's nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vote, also faced difficult questions on the Hill today.

Appearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, he was pressed about the administration's plans to shrink spending and exert greater power over government agencies.

Mr. Vote previously led the office for part of Mr. Trump's first term.

He's also a co-author of Project 2025.

That's the Controversial Heritage Foundation blueprint for a second Trump administration.

Our White House correspondent, Lar Barone Lopez, joins us now for more on that hearing.

So Laura, remind us of who Russell vote is and what the

OMB does across the federal government.

The head of the Office and Management and Budget, Jeff, is not usually a household name,

but it is an incredibly important position in the White House. And the head of the OMB oversees

spending and can review all regulations

across agencies that agencies write is in charge of the president's budget policy and is often

involved in Hill negotiations.

Now when it comes to Russell vote, votes served in this role as you noted Jeff during

the first Trump administration and he wrote a Project 2025 chapter specifically on transforming

the presidency and expanding its powers. And in the time between the first Trump administration

and now this incoming one, he was head of a conservative think tank center for renewing America.

And at that think tank, he drafted hundreds of potential executive orders

and memos in preparation for a second Trump administration.

And you were, of course, tracking his confirmation hearing today. What stood out to you?

Jeff, Republican senators welcomed this nomination, focusing more of their questions on how OMB and the Trump

administration would slash what they consider wasteful spending.

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