Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) announced Tuesday that they will vote to confirm retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson as the nation’s next secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

Brown said he would give Carson, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the department, “the benefit of the doubt” based on assurances he’d received from Carson that he would address issues such as lead hazards, fair housing and homelessness.

“Dr. Carson is not the nominee I would have chosen to lead HUD, due both to his lack of experience and his often troubling public statements over the last three years,” Brown, the ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee, said in a statement. “But despite my reservations, and my disagreements with some of his positions, I will give Dr. Carson the benefit of the doubt based on commitments he has made to me in person and to this committee.”

Brown added that Carson had promised to uphold the housing rights of LGBTQ individuals and work to bolster housing in the president’s proposed infrastructure plan.

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