Senate Foreign Relations Committee
419 Dirksen
06/10/2025 at 10:00AM
Nomination hearing.
Nominees:
- Jacob Helberg, of Florida, to be an Under Secretary of State (Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment)
- Andrew Puzder, of Tennessee, to be Representative of the United States of America to the European Union, with the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Paul Kapur, of California, to be Assistant Secretary of State (South Asian Affairs)
- Benjamin Black, of New York, to be Chief Executive Officer of the United States International Development Finance Corporation
- Howard Brodie, of Florida, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Finland
Jacob Helberg is senior advisor to Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir Technologies.
Ben Black is the son of billionaire Leon Black.
Andrew Puzder is the former chief executive officer of CKE Restaurants, the parent company of Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr., a spousal abuser and Trump mega-donor.
Howard Brodie is a financier and Trump donor.
S. Paul Kapur is a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution.