Booker Probes Ross Ahead of Monday Confirmation Vote

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., asked several questions Friday on the ties between Department of Commerce nominee Wilbur Ross and Russia, before a scheduled 7 p.m. Monday Senate confirmation vote for Ross. “The Senate has a constitutional duty to give the president our advice and consent on his nominations to the Cabinet,” said Booker, a member of the Commerce Committee, in his letter. “Americans must have confidence that high-level officials in the United States government are not influenced by, or beholden to, any foreign power.”