[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 103 (Thursday, June 18, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2925-S2926]
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                       Vote on Holding Nomination

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Will the Senate advise and 
consent to the Holding nomination?
  Mrs. BRITT. 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.
  Mr. BARRASSO. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the 
Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. 
McConnell), the Senator from Florida (Mrs. Moody), the Senator from 
Kansas (Mr. Moran), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott), and 
the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Tuberville).
  Further, if present and voting: the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. 
Hoeven) would have voted ``yea''.
  Mr. SCHUMER. I announce that the Senator from Maryland (Ms. 
Alsobrooks), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), the Senator from 
Delaware (Ms. Blunt Rochester), the Senator from Illinois (Ms. 
Duckworth), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from 
Arizona (Mr. Kelly), and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Kim), are 
necessarily absent.
  The result was announced--yeas 48, nays 39, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 181 Leg.]

                                YEAS--48

     Armstrong
     Banks
     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Boozman
     Britt
     Budd
     Capito
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Cornyn
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Curtis
     Daines
     Ernst
     Fischer
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hawley
     Husted
     Hyde-Smith
     Johnson
     Justice
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     Lee
     Lummis
     Marshall
     McCormick

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     Moreno
     Murkowski
     Paul
     Ricketts
     Risch
     Rounds
     Schmitt
     Scott (FL)
     Shaheen
     Sheehy
     Sullivan
     Thune
     Tillis
     Wicker
     Young

                                NAYS--39

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

                             NOT VOTING--13

     Alsobrooks
     Bennet
     Blunt Rochester
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Hoeven
     Kelly
     Kim
     McConnell
     Moody
     Moran
     Scott (SC)
     Tuberville
  The nomination was confirmed.
  (Mr. MORENO assumed the Chair.)
  (Mr. GRAHAM assumed the Chair.)
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Moreno). Under the previous order, the 
motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and 
the President will be immediately notified of the Senate's actions.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Husted). The Senator from New Jersey.