[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 110 (Thursday, June 26, 2025)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D665]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: AIR FORCE AND SPACE FORCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2026 for the Air Force and Space Force, after receiving testimony 
from Troy Meink, Secretary, and General David W. Allvin, Chief of 
Staff, both of the Air Force, and General B. Chance Saltzman, Chief of 
Space Operations, all of the Department of Defense.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Hung Cao, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of the 
Navy, who was introduced by Senator Scott (FL), Michael Dodd, of 
Indiana, to be an Assistant Secretary, Jules Hurst III, of Virginia, 
who was introduced by Speaker of the House Johnson, Brent Ingraham, of 
Virginia, and William Gillis, of Virginia, each to be an Assistant 
Secretary of the Army, all of the Department of Defense.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 7,861 
nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space 
Force.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Penny Schwinn, of Tennessee, to 
be Deputy Secretary, and Kimberly Richey, of Texas, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Civil Rights, both of the Department of Education, and 
Daniel Aronowitz, of Virginia, and David Keeling, of Kentucky, both to 
be an Assistant Secretary, Jonathan Berry, of Maryland, to be 
Solicitor, Andrew Rogers, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Wage 
and Hour Division, Andrea Lucas, of Virginia, to be a Member of the 
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and Jeremiah Workman, of Ohio, 
to be Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment and Training, all of 
the Department of Labor.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Whitney D. Hermandorfer, of Tennessee, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, Zachary M. Bluestone, Maria 
A. Lanahan, and Cristian M. Stevens, each to be a United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, Joshua M. Divine, 
to be United States District Judge for the Eastern and Western 
Districts of Missouri, Bart McKay Davis, to be United States Attorney 
for the District of Idaho for the term of four years, and David 
Metcalf, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania for the term of four years.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.