An underappreciated aspect of what you're seeing unfold today with the Senate confirmations is how fast the Senate has agreed to work in order to confirm Trump's incoming secretaries so they're ready on DAY ONE. Multiple senators including Sens. Ted Cruz, Rick Scott, and Eric Schmitt are hopping back and forth between hearings. This wouldn't have happened before under McConnell. They would have scheduled the hearings on different days, but the Young Guns in the Senate demanded to fast-track the entire process.
The new blood in the Senate is beginning to bear real fruit, and America is going to benefit from this in profound ways.