Former NFL player Scott Turner confirmed to lead Housing and Urban Development

Scott Turner was confirmed connected Wednesday to beryllium the adjacent caput of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). 

The former NFL player was nominated by President Donald Trump to pb HUD successful his 2nd term. 

His information cleared a key procedural hurdle connected Tuesday night, by a borderline of 55-45. Two Democrats joined Republicans connected the vote, making it bipartisan. 

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Turner notably played successful the NFL for 9 seasons, spending clip connected the Washington Redskins, the San Diego Chargers and the Denver Broncos. 

After his nonrecreational shot career, helium ran for authorities bureau successful his location authorities of Texas, wherever helium served arsenic a legislator for respective years. 

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In Trump's archetypal administration, Turner served arsenic First Executive Director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council (WHORC). 

The president said successful his November announcement of Turner's information that helium led "an Unprecedented Effort that Transformed our Country’s astir distressed communities" successful that capacity. 

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"Those efforts, moving unneurotic with former HUD Secretary, Ben Carson, were maximized by Scott’s guidance successful overseeing 16 Federal Agencies which implemented much than 200 argumentation actions furthering Economic Development. Under Scott’s leadership, Opportunity Zones received implicit $50 Billion Dollars successful Private Investment!" Trump wrote astatine the time. 

With his Wednesday confirmation, Turner became the 12th confirmation to Trump's second-term Cabinet. 

The Republican-led Senate has made it a precedence to push Trump's picks through the precocious chamber. The Republicans person managed to corroborate much nominations astatine this constituent successful Trump's word than erstwhile President Joe Biden oregon Trump's archetypal term. Both Biden and Trump's archetypal word had lone 6 astatine the aforesaid time.