参议院68比29确认贝森特任财政部长：次日宣誓、就任第七十九任财长
2025年1月27日，美国参议院在华盛顿特区以 68 票赞成、29 票反对，确认投资人 Scott Bessent 出任财政部长。次日（1 月 28 日），Bessent 由最高法院大法官 Brett Kavanaugh 监誓，正式宣誓就任美国第七十九任财政部长。
Bessent 的提名在参议院获得两党支持：财政委员会此前以 16 比 11 将提名送交全院，参议院 1 月 25 日先以 67 比 23 结束辩论程序。财政部在宣誓当日的新闻稿中说，仪式之后，Bessent 在位于宾夕法尼亚大道 1500 号的财政部大楼门口受到该部员工欢迎，上任第一天即与财政部高级官员开会。
Bessent 现年 62 岁，是对冲基金 Key Square Group 的创始人，早年曾任索罗斯基金管理公司的首席投资官，也是特朗普 2024 年竞选的主要经济顾问与筹款人。特朗普 2024 年 11 月 22 日宣布提名他出任财长。他由此成为美国历史上首位公开同性恋身份的财政部长，也是本届政府中级别最高的 LGBTQ 官员。
在 1 月 16 日的确认听证会上，Bessent 警告，若国会不延长将于 2025 年底到期的 2017 年减税条款，将造成经济上的灾难；他同时表示在他任内美国不会发生债务违约，并称看不到美联储发行央行数字货币的理由。
作为财长，Bessent 负责维护强劲的经济、促进增长与就业，并管理美国政府的财政——包括税收征管、规模约 28 万亿美元的国债市场、金融监管与对外国的经济制裁。他接替 Janet Yellen 出任此职，上任后随即面对减税立法谈判与债务上限等议题。
（来源：美国财政部）
Senate Confirms Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary 68-29; Sworn In the Next Day as the 79th Secretary
On January 27, 2025, in Washington, D.C., the U.S. Senate confirmed investor Scott Bessent as Secretary of the Treasury by a vote of 68 to 29. The following day, January 28, Bessent was sworn in as the 79th Secretary of the Treasury by Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh.
Bessent's nomination drew bipartisan support in the Senate: the Finance Committee had reported it to the full Senate 16 to 11, and the Senate voted 67 to 23 on January 25 to end debate. In a news release issued on the day of the ceremony, the Treasury Department said that shortly afterward Mr. Bessent was welcomed at the doors of the U.S. Treasury at 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue by department employees, and that his first working day included meetings with senior Treasury officials.
Bessent, 62, is the founder of the hedge fund Key Square Group and a former chief investment officer of Soros Fund Management, and served as a major economic adviser and fundraiser for President Trump's 2024 campaign. Trump announced his nomination on November 22, 2024. Bessent is the first openly gay person to lead the U.S. Treasury Department and the highest-ranking LGBTQ official in the administration.
At his January 16 confirmation hearing, Bessent warned that failure to extend the 2017 tax cuts expiring at the end of 2025 would be an economic calamity, committed that there would be no U.S. debt default on his watch, and said he saw no reason for the Federal Reserve to issue a central bank digital currency.
As secretary, Bessent is responsible for maintaining a strong economy, fostering growth and job creation, and managing the finances of the U.S. government — including tax collection, the roughly $28 trillion Treasury debt market, financial regulation and economic sanctions. He succeeded Janet Yellen and immediately faced negotiations over tax legislation and the debt limit.
(Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury)
来源：美国财政部
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图片来源：图：财政部长 Scott Bessent 官方肖像。（美国财政部，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons） / Photo: Official portrait of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. (U.S. Department of the Treasury, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
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