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.
WASHINGTON – Former Texas state Rep. Scott Turner, picked by president-elect Donald Trump to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development, told a Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday ...
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 ...
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 ...
President-elect Trump meets with Scott Turner, his nominee to lead HUD. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The day after Donald Trump won office, the mood at a Miami real-estate conference was ...
Former NFL veteran-turned-Texas state legislator Scott Turner said Thursday during his confirmation hearing to be the next Housing and Urban Development (HUD) secretary his goal will be to help ...
There were sports analogies galore but few policy specifics during Scott Turner ’s confirmation hearing on Thursday to become housing secretary. Turner spoke before the Senate Banking ...
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.
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.