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Rep. Elise Stefanik , Lee Zeldin , John Ratcliffe and Doug Collins are the latest Republicans nominated to head critical agencies over the past week .

Trump nominated Stefanik to be the U.N. ambassador to the United Nations , Zelderin to oversee the Environmental Protection Agency , Ratcliffe to lead the CIA , and Collins to head the Department of Veterans Affairs .

Doug Collins is a four -term former congressman from Texas .

Trump nominated him to head the VA on Thursday evening .

He was a powerful defender of Trump during his first impeachment the same year .

He argued that Democrats were pushing the impeachment inquiry not because they wanted to hold anyone accountable but “to make sure that he is damaged going into an election cycle”.