USA Senate confirmation hearings of President-elect Trump's cabinet nominees

Over the past few days, as and when I was able to get the time, I looked at some part of some of the videos of USA senate confirmation hearings of President-elect Trump's cabinet nominees. These are long and sometimes very long videos. I think what is worth viewing for each cabinet nominee that one is interested in, are the opening remarks. Typically the nominee is introduced by a few notable persons (varied from one to four in the ones I saw), followed by the chairman of the particular senate committee that is the main person managing the hearing, making opening remarks. Then the ranking member of the committee as well as the nominee makes opening remarks. I think this would take up around half an hour to an hour in the initial part of each of these senate confirmation hearings.

That is then followed by individual senators on the committee having interaction sessions with the nominee.

Sometimes these later parts of the hearing involving interactions between a senate member and the nominee are put up (additionally) as separate youtube videos. I saw some of them too.

Given below are the relevant youtube videos that I saw at least partially.

1) Rex Tillerson, nominee for USA Secretary of State

a) Senate Questions Trump Secretary of State Pick Rex Tillerson at Confirmation Hearing, Bloomberg Politics, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yacskm5WqCs, around 12 hours, Jan. 11th 2017

b) WATCH LIVE: Rex Tillerson confirmation hearing, PBS Newshour, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgXz8W9tHwo, around 10 hours, Jan. 11th 2017

c) RECAP: Rex Tillerson confirmation hearing, CNN, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sao4bpEC_b8, 2 min. 53 secs.

d) Rand Paul Questions Secretary of State Nominee Rex Tillerson, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIlCroEkN7E, around 10 mins

e) Sen. Tim Kaine Questions Rex Tillerson (1/11/17), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4_KncbK0Jk, around 10 mins.

f) Rex Tillerson --snip-- Marco Rubio over Saudi Arabia after Questioned on Cuba Policy at Hearing, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMXa7lOHOxY, 8 min. 27 secs

g) Rex Tillerson Confirmation Hearing for Secretary of State, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOD16qUaRPc, around 9 hrs


2) Ben Carson, nominee for USA Secretary for Housing & Urban Development (HUD)

a) FULL VIDEO: Ben Carson Confirmation Hearing, Trump Housing & Urban Development (HUD) Secretary, Fox 10 Phoenix, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZfJH9Cidg8, around 2 hr. 20 mins, Jan. 12th 2017

b) Alternate full video: FULL: Donald Trump's HUD Secretary Nominee Ben Carson Testifies at Confirmation Hearing (1/12/2017), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUnoAvmLz9Y, around 3 hrs.

c) Senator Elizabeth Warren confirmation hearing with Dr. Ben Carson, (published by) Senator Elizabeth Warren, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihsF-bltgTU, 4 min 8 secs


3) Jeff Sessions, nominee for USA Attorney General

a) Watch Live: Confirmation hearing for Sen. Jeff Sessions, Trump's pick for attorney general, PBS NewsHour, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRBnF11Kplk, 6 hrs 26 secs, Jan. 10th 2017,

b) FULL COVERAGE: Confirmation Hearing of Trump Attorney General Nominee Jeff Sessions FULL VIDEO, Fox 10 Phoenix, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kue4Dbsyqyo, around 11 hrs, Jan. 10th 2017.

4) General James Mattis, nominee for USA Secretary of Defense

a) FULL VIDEO: Confirmation Hearing of James --snip-- Mattis, Trump's Secretary of Defense Pick - FNN, Fox 10 Phoenix, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE32ESVo48w, 3 hr. 7 mins, Jan 12th 2017

b) LIVE STREAM: Senate Confirmation Hearing of James Mattis --snip-- for Secretary of Defense, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV9XsExvf6M, 4 hr. 19 mins