Moreno invited nominee Eric Scott Turner to visit Cleveland's housing projects which he said would be "sanctioned by the UN for human rights violations" if illegal immigrants were housed there.
The committee vote was split along party lines, with Democrats saying that a lack of an FBI background check for Turner was a sticking point.
While reactions largely fall within partisan lines, both parties appear poised to work with new HUD leadership to tackle housing challenges.
Picked to lead the housing agency under Trump, the former Texas House member tells senators there is a housing crisis. Democrats say they want to act only after a background check.
The Senate is holding more confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks ahead of his return to office on Monday.
UN Ambassador nominee Elise Stefanik Rep ... an oil and gas company operating in Kurdistan, Iraq. Scott Turner is Trump's nominee to be secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
One of Trump’s picks is currently an evangelical pastor: Southern Baptist Scott Turner, an associate pastor at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas, was tapped to be Trump’s secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Marketing and creative agency H2 Accelerator has enjoyed 25 years of trail-blazing success on Vancouver Island, and recently expanded its operation to Alberta with the opening of an office in Calgary. Based here, Scott King has been appointed president of H2 Accelerator and Joe Hospodarec as executive creative director.
As Senate confirmation hearings begin, here's the latest on who in the Trump administration has, will or doesn't need to be approved.
Scott Turner is the nominee for secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Here's why he's poised for success in the new role.
The Senate Banking Committee voted 13-11, along party lines, on Thursday to advance Scott Turner’s nomination to be secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, with Democrats ...
The Senate Banking Committee voted Thursday along party lines, 13-11, to advance the nomination of Scott Turner to be secretary of Housing and Urban Development, as Democrats and Republicans ...