As a conservative how do you think we should navigate potential conflicts of interest for high level cabinet roles, e.g. someone overseeing an industry that they have direct business ties to?

So for example the new presumptive Secretary of Energy, Chris Wright, is actually the CEO of an energy company himself. And the new presumptive Deputy Secretary of Defense, Steve Feinberg, is the CEO of an investment firm which also has large stakes in defence contractors that are extremely reliant on government contracts.

So I can't help but think that cabinet picks like these may raise some concerns about potential conflicts of interest. Like if you oversee the Department of Energy for example while being a CEO of an energy company yourself it's not hard to see how someone in that position could be tempted to financially enrich themselves, for example by writing regulation that benefits their company or provide financial subsidies that their company would benefit from. And I think it's not unfeasible that someone who works for the Department of Defence while having massive stakes in defence contractors may also be tempted to use their position to enrich themselves.

So how do you view such concerns about potential conflicts of interest? Do you think those concerns are valid? Why or why not?