[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 84 (Monday, May 18, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2319-S2321]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         EXECUTIVE RESOLUTIONS


                      Vote on En Bloc Nominations

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the question is, 
Will the Senate advise and consent to the en bloc nominations provided 
under the provisions of S. Res. 690?
  Mr. SCHATZ. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant executive clerk called the roll.

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  Mr. BARRASSO. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the 
Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. 
Cramer), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Curtis), the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Risch), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis), the Senator 
from Alabama (Mr. Tuberville), and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. 
Young).
  Further, if present and voting: the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch) 
would have voted ``Yea,'' the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis) 
would have voted ``Yea,'' and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Young) 
would have voted ``Yea.''
  Mr. SCHUMER. I announce that the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), 
the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from Pennsylvania 
(Mr. Fetterman), and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters) are 
necessarily absent.
  The result was announced--yeas 46, nays 43, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 125 Ex.]

                                YEAS--46

     Armstrong
     Banks
     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Boozman
     Britt
     Budd
     Capito
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Cotton
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Ernst
     Fischer
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Husted
     Hyde-Smith
     Johnson
     Justice
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     Lee
     Lummis
     Marshall
     McConnell
     McCormick
     Moody
     Moran
     Moreno
     Murkowski
     Paul
     Ricketts
     Rounds
     Schmitt
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Sheehy
     Sullivan
     Thune
     Wicker

                                NAYS--43

     Alsobrooks
     Baldwin
     Blumenthal
     Blunt Rochester
     Booker
     Cantwell
     Coons
     Cortez Masto
     Duckworth
     Gallego
     Gillibrand
     Hassan
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Kaine
     Kelly
     Kim
     King
     Klobuchar
     Lujan
     Markey
     Merkley
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Reed
     Rosen
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schiff
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Slotkin
     Smith
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Welch
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--11

     Bennet
     Cornyn
     Cramer
     Curtis
     Durbin
     Fetterman
     Peters
     Risch
     Tillis
     Tuberville
     Young
  The en bloc nominations were confirmed as follows:
  Calendar Number 615: Andrew Benson, of Maine, to be United States 
Attorney for the District of Maine for the term of four years.
  Calendar Number 616: William Boyle, of North Carolina, to be United 
States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina for the term 
of four years.
  Calendar Number 617: Kevin Holmes, of Arkansas, to be United States 
Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas for the term of four 
years.
  Calendar Number 618: Brian David Miller, of Pennsylvania, to be 
United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania for the 
term of four years.
  Calendar Number 619: Richard Price, of Missouri, to be United States 
Attorney for the Western District of Missouri for the term of four 
years.
  Calendar Number 620: Darin Smith, of Wyoming, to be United States 
Attorney for the District of Wyoming for the term of four years.
  Calendar Number 621: Gregory LoGerfo, of Massachusetts, a Career 
Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to 
be Coordinator for Counterterrorism, with the rank and status of 
Ambassador at Large.
  Calendar Number 622: Eric Meyer, of California, to be Ambassador 
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to 
the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
  Calendar Number 623: Jennifer Wicks McNamara, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
America to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
  Calendar Number 624: Frank Weiland, of the District of Columbia, to 
be an Assistant Secretary of State (International Narcotics and Law 
Enforcement Affairs).
  Calendar Number 648: Daniel Edwards, of North Carolina, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Transportation.
  Calendar Number 649: Steven Haines, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Commerce.
  Calendar Number 650: Robert Harvey, of Florida, to be a Federal 
Maritime Commissioner for a term expiring June 30, 2029.
  Calendar Number 652: Thomas Govan, Jr., of Alabama, to be United 
States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama for the term of four 
years.
  Calendar Number 653: Zachary Keller, of Louisiana, to be United 
States Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana for the term of 
four years.
  Calendar Number 654: Ryan Raybould, of Texas, to be United States 
Attorney for the Northern District of Texas for the term of four years.
  Calendar Number 664: Gregory Gilmore, of Illinois, to be United 
States Attorney for the Central District of Illinois for the term of 
four years.
  Calendar Number 665: Douglas Weaver, of Maryland, to be a Member of 
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the term of five years expiring 
June 30, 2031. (Reappointment)
  Calendar Number 666: Stevan Pearce, of New Mexico, to be Director of 
the Bureau of Land Management.
  Calendar Number 667: David LaCerte, of Louisiana, to be a Member of 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a term expiring June 30, 
2031. (Reappointment)
  Calendar Number 668: Kyle Haustveit, of North Dakota, to be Under 
Secretary of Energy.
  Calendar Number 675: Robert Rotter, of Iowa, to be United States 
Marshal for the Northern District of Iowa for the term of four years.
  Calendar Number 676: Daniel Satterlee, of South Dakota, to be United 
States Marshal for the District of South Dakota for the term of four 
years.
  Calendar Number 677: David St. Pierre, of Maine, to be United States 
Marshal for the District of Maine for the term of four years.
  Calendar Number 678: Brian Birdwell, of Texas, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Defense.
  Calendar Number 679: Mark Ditlevson, of Minnesota, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Defense.
  Calendar Number 680: Lee Lipton, of Florida, to be Ambassador 
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to 
the Republic of the Philippines.
  Calendar Number 681: William Long, of Missouri, to be Ambassador 
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to 
the Republic of Iceland.
  Calendar Number 682: Jared Novelly, of Missouri, to be Ambassador 
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to 
New Zealand, and to serve concurrently and without additional 
compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the 
United States of America to the Independent State of Samoa, the Cook 
Islands, and Niue.
  Calendar Number 683: Robert Sweeney, of Texas, to be United States 
Director of the Asian Development Bank, with the rank of Ambassador.
  Calendar Number 685: Asel Roberts, of Virginia, to be Ambassador 
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to 
the Republic of Slovenia.
  Calendar Number 686: Wesley Brooks, of Florida, to be Assistant 
Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and 
Scientific Affairs.
  Calendar Number 687: Frank Garcia, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of State (African Affairs).
  Calendar Number 688: Matthew Anderson, of Colorado, to be Deputy 
Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
  Calendar Number 689: Michael Graham, of Virginia, to be a Member of 
the National Transportation Safety Board for a term expiring December 
31, 2030. (Reappointment)
  Calendar Number 690: Richard Kloster, of West Virginia, to be a 
Member of the Surface Transportation Board for a term expiring December 
31, 2028.
  Calendar Number 691: Seval Oz, of California, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Transportation. (New Position)
  Calendar Number 692: Arvind Raman, of Indiana, to be Under Secretary 
of Commerce for Standards and Technology.
  Calendar Number 694: Melissa Holyoak, of Utah, to be United States 
Attorney for the District of Utah for the term of four years.
  Calendar Number 695: Phillip Williams, Jr., of Alabama, to be United

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States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama for the term of 
four years.
  Calendar Number 698: James Bishop, of North Carolina, to be United 
States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina for the term 
of four years.
  Calendar Number 699: Brian Barber, of Louisiana, to be United States 
Marshal for the Western District of Louisiana for the term of four 
years.
  Calendar Number 700: Steven Lewis, of Missouri, to be United States 
Marshal for the Eastern District of Missouri for the term of four 
years.
  Calendar Number 701: Priscilla Lopez, of Florida, to be United States 
Marshal for the Southern District of Florida for the term of four 
years.
  Calendar Number 711: Brian Gootkin, of Montana, to be United States 
Marshal for the District of Montana for the term of four years.
  Calendar Number 712: James Stuart, of Minnesota, to be United States 
Marshal for the District of Minnesota for the term of four years.
  Calendar Number 714: Yeouk Kim, of Texas, to be Representative of the 
United States of America to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, 
with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and 
Plenipotentiary.
  Calendar Number 715: Ademola Adewale-Sadik, of New York, to be United 
States Director of the African Development Bank for a term of five 
years.
  Calendar Number 716: Catherine Dillon of Maryland, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of State (Educational and Cultural Affairs).
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Ricketts). Under the previous order, the 
motions to reconsider are considered made and laid upon the table, and 
the President will be immediately notified of the Senate's actions.

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