The Senate confirmed former Rep. Doug Collins to lead the Department of Veterans’ Affairs on Tuesday.Collins scored one of the widest bipartisan votes of any Trump Cabinet nominee so far: 77 to 23.

Collins, a former Georgia congressman who serves as a chaplain in the Air Force Reserve, was confirmed in a bipartisan, 77-23 vote.

Doug Collins, President Donald Trump's pick to be Secretary of the Department of Veterans' Affairs, appears at his ...

Former congressman Doug Collins confirmed as veterans affairs secretary, taking charge of care for America's veterans.