Senate roll call 524: On the Decision of the Chair
On 2025-09-17, the Senate voted on Peter Lamelas, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Argentine Republic; and Christine Toretti, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Sweden; and Kimberly Guilfoyle, of Florida, to be Ambassador to Greece; and Callista Gingrich, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Swiss Confederation, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Principality of Liechtenstein; and Bryan Switzer, of Virginia, to be a Deputy United States Trade Representative (Asia, Textiles, Investment, Services, and Intellectual Property), with the rank of Ambassador; and Katherine Scarlett, of Ohio, to be a Member of the Council on Environmental Quality; and Edward Aloysius O'Connell, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of fifteen years; and Jason Evans, of Texas, to be an Under Secretary of State (Management); and Jonathan Morrison, of California, to be Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; and Paul Roberti, of Rhode Island, to be Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Department of Transportation; and Richard Fordyce, of Missouri, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm Production and Conservation; and Jovan Jovanovic, of Pennsylvania, to be President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States for a term expiring January 20, 2029; and Benjamin DeMarzo, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; and Scott Hutchins, of Indiana, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics; and Dudley Hoskins, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs; and Jennifer Locetta, of Florida, to be Alternate Representative of the United States of America for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations; and Jeffrey Bartos, of Pennsylvania, to be Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform, with the Rank of Ambassador, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations; and Peter Thomson, of Louisiana, to be Inspector General, Central Intelligence Agency; and George Wesley Street, of Virginia, to be Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center; and Brent Ingraham, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army; and Jules Hurst III, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army; and William Gillis, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army; and Michael Dodd, of Indiana, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense; and Daniel Aronowitz, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor; and John Squires, of Florida, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office; and Donald Bergin III, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Congressional and Legislative Affairs); and Sean McMaster, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration; and Robert Gleason, of Pennsylvania, to be Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors for a term of five years; and Jonathan Brightbill, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of Energy; and Tina Pierce, of Idaho, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Energy; and Conner Prochaska, of Texas, to be Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, Department of Energy; and Richard Anderson, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force; and Matthew Napoli, of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, National Nuclear Security Administration; and Kyle Haustveit, of Oklahoma, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Fossil Energy); and William L. Doffermyre, of Texas, to be Solicitor of the Department of the Interior; and Katherine Sutton, of Illinois, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense; and Michael Obadal, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of the Army; and Sean O'Keefe, of Virginia, to be a Deputy Under Secretary of Defense; and Michael Cadenazzi, of Rhode Island, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense; and Scott Pappano, of Pennsylvania, to be Principal Deputy Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration; and Justin Overbaugh, of Florida, to be a Deputy Under Secretary of Defense; and Andrea Travnicek, of North Dakota, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior; and Theodore J. Garrish, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Nuclear Energy); and Leslie Beyer, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior; and Tristan Abbey, of Florida, to be Administrator of the Energy Information Administration; and Brandon Williams, of New York, to be Under Secretary for Nuclear Security; and Jessica Kramer, of Wisconsin, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. The recorded result was Decision of Chair Not Sustained, with 47 Yea and 52 Nay votes. See how each senator voted below.