Collins, a former Georgia congressman, defended President Trump during his first impeachment investigation. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Chairman Jerry Moran, R-Kan., welcomes Doug Collins, ...

Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget has refused to say Trump will follow the law that forbids him from blocking funds.

The U.S. senator from Connecticut said presidents' "pardon and clemency power has operated in the shadows," and the time for reform had come.