“He already has submitted a completed nominee questionnaire and will soon submit an extensive financial disclosure. Furthermore, prior to his confirmation hearing, he will go through the same ethics and FBI checks as previous Secretary of State nominees,” Corker said.
“That has always been the plan, it is already in progress, and I am deeply disappointed my colleagues continue to imply otherwise,” he added.
Sen. Ben Cardin, the top Democrat on the committee, and fellow Democrats have been demanding that Tillerson, the head of a a multinational corporation, release three years of his taxes as a prerequisite to be confirmed to the top diplomatic post.
Sean Bartlett, a spokesman to Cardin, said that a questionnaire section to be filled out by the nominee about taxes is “standard.”
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