Democrats skipped off Hegseth’s Capitol Hill roundspublished at 16:03 Greenwich Mean Time
Rachel Looker
Reporting from Capitol Hill
New Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat, started off her questions by sharing that she was unable to meet with Hegseth before today’s committee hearing, unlike her colleagues across the aisle.
Hegseth made the rounds on Capitol Hill at the end of last year meeting with Republican senators, many of whom had expressed concerns over his nomination.
But a majority of Democrats on the committee, Shaheen reiterated, have had a harder time getting on his calendar.
This is notable given the highly bipartisanship nature of the Senate Armed…