Senate Armed Services Committee Democrats are fuming as Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s controversial pick to lead the Pentagon, is set to head back to Capitol Hill Tuesday for his confirmation hearing before the panel.

Hegseth, a former Fox News host, has met with numerous Republican senators in the weeks since Trump on Nov. 12 first announced his intended pick to lead the more than 2 million troops and 800,000 civilian workers that make up the U.S. military apparatus.

But Democrats say Hegseth has refused to make himself available to them in the same way, and has failed to provide key vetting information as they look into a series of scandals and scathing media reports on the Army veteran.

The New York Times reported Saturday that the top two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee — Chair Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Ranking Member Jack Reed (D-R.I.) — were briefed by transition officials late Friday afternoon for over an hour on the FBI’s findings on Hegseth from its background check.

But several Democrats on the Armed Services panel said they remained concerned that they don’t have the most sufficient information to question Hegseth come Tuesday, including Sens. Tammy Duckworth (Ill.), and Richard Blumenthal (Conn.).

Hegseth has frequented the Capitol while seeking to secure his nomination, meeting with key senators including a handful in the GOP who have expressed some skepticism or concern over his past behavior and controversial remarks.

Most recently, Hegseth was spotted at the Capitol Wednesday leaving the office of Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), and again on Thursday morning, appearing to make his last rounds with lawmakers ahead of the confirmation hearing.

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