Summary
The committee favorably reported all 17 nominees, including Bradford Wilson as Archivist and seven executive-branch nominees approved en bloc together.
No witnesses testified because the business meeting considered only nominations and proceeded directly to roll-call votes on four slates of nominees.
Rand Paul thanked Sen. Peters (D-MI) for agreeing to consider several nominees en bloc to accommodate members' competing committee schedules.
Sen. Peters (D-MI) opposed the seven-nominee en bloc slate 7-5 but supported Bradford Wilson as Archivist and DC judges 10-2.
The committee concluded its business meeting after reporting all slates favorably, sending the nominations to the full Senate for consideration.
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...order pursuant to notice on July fifteenth, twenty twenty six, the committee will consider the nomination of seventeen nominees. I note the presence of a quorum. I know everybody's had a busy morning and I thank Senator Peters for agreeing to the package of some of these nominees in a blocks, so everyone can get to their next committee hearing. The committee will now proceed to the consider
senator johnson
aye
senator lankford
aye
senator scott senator Hawley
aye
senator moreno senator ernst senator moody senator peters
no
senator Hassan senator blumenthal
no
foreign relations is voting right now at the same time and they were just saying it's like his crews didn't show up
senator Fetterman senator kim senator gallego
no by proxy
Senator Slotkin.
No, by proxy.
Senator Paul.
Aye.
one, two, one, two, one, two, Mister Chairman, seven. on the vote that was present, the yeas are eight, the nays are four on the vote by proxy, and for the record only the yeas are one, the nays are two. On this vote, the yeas are eight, the nays are four, and the motion to report the nominee is agreed to.
The nomination is ordered to be reported favorably. The committee will now proceed to the consideration of Bradford Wilson to be the Archivist for the National Archives and Records Administration. Clerk will call the roll.
Senator Johnson. Aye. Senator Langford.
Aye.
Senator Scott. Aye.
Aye, by proxy.
Senator Hawley.
Aye.
Senator Marino.
Aye.
Senator Ernst. Aye. Senator Moody. Aye. Senator Peters.
Aye.
Senator Hassan. Senator Blumenthal.
No.
Senator Fetterman.
Aye.
Senator Kim. Senator Gallego.
Aye, by proxy.
Senator Slotkin.
No, by proxy.
senator paul
i'm
mr. chairman on the vote that was present the yeas or ten the nays or two on the vote by proxy and for the record only the yeas or two the nays or one and this vote the yeas or ten the nays or two and the motion to report the nominee is agreed to
the nomination is ordered to be reported favorably i ask for your unanimous consent to proceed to the consideration of the following seven nominations on block hal duncan for deputy director of the office of management budget charles baldice for special counsel for the office of special Jeffrey Brodsky and William Gallo for Governors for the US Postal Service. James Woodruff, the second for Chairman of the Merit Systems Protection Board. Brian Kavanaugh for Undersecretary for Management at the Department of Homeland Security and Charlton Allen for General Counsel for the Federal Labor Relations Board. Hearing no objection, the committee will proceed to the consideration of the nominees en blanc. The Clerk, the clerk will call the roll.
Senator Johnson.
Aye.
Senator Lankford.
Aye.
center scott
aye
aye by proxy
center holly
aye
center moreno
aye
center ernst
aye
center moody
aye
center peters
no
center hasson
no
center blumenthal center federman
no
center kim
no
center gallego center slotkin center paul
aye
no
mister chairman on the vote that was present the yeas are seven the nays are five on the vote by proxy and for the record only the yeas are one the nays are two on this vote the yeas are seven the nays are five and the motion to report the nominees is agreed to
the nominations are ordered to be reported favorably i ask for unanimous consent to proceed to the consideration of the d c judges en blanc james crowell the fourth and stuart nash for associate judges for the d c court of appeals and christopher debono michael di lorenzo sharon goody craig lean christine macy
senator johnson
aye
senator lankford
aye
senator scott
aye by-law
senator holly
aye
senator moreno
aye
senator ernst senator moody senator peters
aye
senator hassan
yeah
senator blumenthal center federman center kim center gallego
aye by proxy
center slotkin
no by proxy
center paul aye ten two one two mister chairman on the vote of those present the yeas are ten the nays are two on the vote by proxy and for the record only the yeas are two the nays are one in this vote the yeas are ten the nays are two and the motion to report the nominees is agreed to
the nominations were ordered to be reported favorably the business meeting
alright
efficiency
great good job olivia
thanks
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