WATCH: Sen. Peters tells Vought he's good at not answering questions in confirmation hearing

Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., accused Office of Management and Budget nominee Russell Vought of giving “bureaucratic answers” and avoiding questions in a confirmation hearing Wednesday held by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
“You do give really good bureaucratic answers, which is why people, I guess, are crazily frustrated with bureaucrats. You are a very good bureaucrat and not answering questions,” Peters said.
Peters had been questioning Vought about his prior term leading the agency and whether he advised staffers to not comply with the law.
Vought, a Project 2025 co-author, briefly led OMB at the end of President-elect Donald Trump’s first term. The agency may play a larger role in Trump’s second term as the incoming president has promised to dramatically cut the federal workforce.
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