Scott Turner, former NFL football player, is set to appear before the Senate on Thursday morning to be confirmed as the next HUD secretary.

A former Texas legislator and NFL player, Turner has been tasked with overhauling the country's affordable housing system.

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Former North Texas representative Scott Turner will take questions from senators as he looks to become Donald Trump's Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

Picked to lead HUD, the former Texas House member tells senators there is a housing crisis. Democrats question whether any plans will succeed without more spending.

How you ever wondered how some of President-elect Donald Trump's top appointees and nominees ... 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.

There were sports analogies galore but few policy specifics during Scott Turner’s confirmation hearing on Thursday to become housing secretary.

President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees Scott Bessent, Doug Burgum, Lee Zeldin and Scott Turner will sit for Senate confirmation hearings Thursday.

Doug Collins and Elise Stefanik are set for hearings as President Donald Trump's cabinet confirmation process continues in the Senate.

By Madeleine Ngo Reporting from Washington Scott Turner, a former pro football player whom President-elect Donald J. Trump has picked to lead the Housing and Urban Development Department ...

Eric Scott Turner, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, delivers his opening remarks during a Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban ...

Representative Michael R. Turner, Republican of Ohio, had at times been critical of the president-elect. He told people that he was removed after an edict from Mar-a-Lago.