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 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,

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