By a wide margin,U.S. Representative Doug Collins was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve as the next United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

The Senate voted 77-23 to confirm Collins, who had served in Congress for nearly a decade before briefly leaving public office.

The Senate confirmed Doug Collins as secretary of veterans affairs on Tuesday afternoon. Collins, a former Georgia congressman who serves as a chaplain in the Air Force Reserve, was confirmed in a bipartisan,