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Business Meeting to Consider Nominations

Wednesday, July 22, 2026

Summary

  • The committee reported seven nominations en bloc including Hal Duncan for OMB deputy director by a 7-5 vote for full Senate consideration.
  • No witnesses testified during the business meeting, which consisted entirely of roll-call votes on seventeen pending executive and judicial nominations.
  • Rand Paul thanked Senator Peters for agreeing to consider nominees in blocs so members could attend other simultaneous committee hearings.
  • The Archivist nominee Bradford Wilson and DC judges advanced 10-2, while the seven-nominee bloc including Duncan advanced only narrowly 7-5.
  • All favorably reported nominations now advance to the full Senate for confirmation votes after committee approval concluded the business meeting.

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Transcript

Sen. Paul (KY)21:10 – 21:30

...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

Clerk21:36 – 21:37

senator johnson

Unknown21:37 – 21:37

aye

Clerk21:37 – 21:38

senator lankford

Unknown21:38 – 21:38

aye

Clerk21:39 – 21:42

senator scott senator holly

Unknown21:42 – 21:42

aye

Clerk21:43 – 21:48

senator moreno senator ernst senator moody senator peters

Unknown21:48 – 21:48

no

Clerk21:49 – 21:52

senator hassin senator blumenthal

Unknown21:52 – 21:53

no

Sen. Paul (KY)21:53 – 21:58

foreign relations is voting right now at the same time and they were just saying it's like his crews didn't show up

Clerk21:53 – 21:59

senator federman senator kim senator gallego

Unknown21:59 – 22:00

no by proxy

Clerk22:00 – 22:01

Senator Slotkin.

Unknown22:01 – 22:02

No, by proxy.

Clerk22:02 – 22:03

Senator Paul.

Sen. Paul (KY)22:03 – 22:04

Aye.

Clerk22:06 – 22:18

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.

Sen. Paul (KY)22:18 – 22:28

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.

Clerk22:28 – 22:31

Senator Johnson. Aye. Senator Langford.

Unknown22:31 – 22:31

Aye.

Clerk22:32 – 22:33

Senator Scott. Aye.

Sen. Paul (KY)22:34 – 22:35

Aye, by proxy.

Clerk22:36 – 22:36

Senator Hawley.

Unknown22:36 – 22:36

Aye.

Clerk22:37 – 22:38

Senator Marino.

Unknown22:38 – 22:38

Aye.

Clerk22:39 – 22:43

Senator Ernst. Aye. Senator Moody. Aye. Senator Peters.

Unknown22:43 – 22:44

Aye.

Clerk22:45 – 22:47

Senator Hassan. Senator Blumenthal.

Unknown22:47 – 22:48

No.

Clerk22:49 – 22:49

Senator Fetterman.

Unknown22:49 – 22:50

Aye.

Clerk22:51 – 22:54

Senator Kim. Senator Gallego.

Unknown22:54 – 22:55

Aye, by proxy.

Clerk22:56 – 22:56

Senator Slotkin.

Unknown22:57 – 22:57

No, by proxy.

Clerk22:58 – 22:59

senator paul

Sen. Paul (KY)22:59 – 22:59

i'm

Clerk23:03 – 23:12

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

Sen. Paul (KY)23:13 – 23:55

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.

Clerk23:55 – 23:56

Senator Johnson.

Unknown23:56 – 23:56

Aye.

Clerk23:57 – 23:58

Senator Lankford.

Unknown23:57 – 23:58

Aye.

Clerk23:59 – 23:59

center scott

Unknown24:00 – 24:01

aye

Sen. Paul (KY)24:01 – 24:02

aye by proxy

Clerk24:02 – 24:03

center holly

Unknown24:03 – 24:03

aye

Clerk24:04 – 24:05

center moreno

Unknown24:05 – 24:05

aye

Clerk24:06 – 24:07

center ernst

Unknown24:06 – 24:07

aye

Clerk24:08 – 24:08

center moody

Unknown24:08 – 24:09

aye

Clerk24:09 – 24:10

center peters

Unknown24:10 – 24:10

no

Clerk24:11 – 24:12

center hasson

Unknown24:12 – 24:12

no

Clerk24:13 – 24:16

center blumenthal center federman

Unknown24:16 – 24:16

no

Clerk24:17 – 24:18

center kim

Unknown24:18 – 24:18

no

Clerk24:19 – 24:24

center gallego center slotkin center paul

Sen. Paul (KY)24:24 – 24:24

aye

Unknown24:24 – 24:24

no

Clerk24:28 – 24:37

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

Sen. Paul (KY)24:38 – 24:57

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

Clerk25:08 – 25:09

senator johnson

Unknown25:09 – 25:09

aye

Clerk25:10 – 25:10

senator lankford

Sen. Paul (KY)25:10 – 25:10

aye

Clerk25:11 – 25:12

senator scott

Sen. Paul (KY)25:13 – 25:13

aye by-law

Clerk25:15 – 25:15

senator holly

Unknown25:15 – 25:15

aye

Clerk25:16 – 25:17

senator moreno

Unknown25:17 – 25:17

aye

Clerk25:18 – 25:22

senator ernst senator moody senator peters

Unknown25:22 – 25:23

aye

Clerk25:23 – 25:24

senator hassan

Sen. Paul (KY)25:24 – 25:24

yeah

Clerk25:25 – 25:35

senator blumenthal center federman center kim center gallego

Unknown25:35 – 25:36

aye by proxy

Clerk25:37 – 25:38

center slotkin

Unknown25:38 – 25:39

no by proxy

Clerk25:39 – 25:53

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

Sen. Paul (KY)25:53 – 25:56

the nominations were ordered to be reported favorably the business meeting

Clerk25:59 – 25:59

alright

Sen. Paul (KY)25:59 – 26:00

efficiency

Clerk26:00 – 26:01

great good job olivia

Sen. Paul (KY)26:01 – 26:01

thanks

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