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07/31/2025

Tyler Clarkson, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture, vice Janie Simms Hipp.

Nomination Number: PN25-8-119

Received Date: 02/11/2025

Last Action: Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 45. Record Vote Number: 459.

07/31/2025

Luke Lindberg, of South Dakota, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, vice Alexis Taylor, resigned.

Nomination Number: PN12-26-119

Received Date: 01/20/2025

Last Action: Cloture motion presented in Senate.

07/28/2025

Michael Boren, of Idaho, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment, vice Homer L. Wilkes, resigned.

Nomination Number: PN13-1-119

Received Date: 01/22/2025

Last Action: Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 323. Subject to nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.

07/28/2025

Richard Fordyce, of Missouri, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm Production and Conservation, vice Robert Farrell Bonnie, resigned.

Nomination Number: PN13-5-119

Received Date: 01/22/2025

Last Action: Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 324. Subject to nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.

07/21/2025

Dudley Hoskins, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, vice Jennifer Lester Moffitt, resigned.

Nomination Number: PN12-22-119

Received Date: 01/20/2025

Last Action: Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 297. Subject to nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.

07/21/2025

Scott Hutchins, of Indiana, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics, vice Chavonda J. Jacobs-Young, resigned.

Nomination Number: PN25-21-119

Received Date: 02/11/2025

Last Action: Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 298. Subject to nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.

07/16/2025

John Walk, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department of Agriculture, vice Phyllis K. Fong.

Nomination Number: PN416-12-119

Received Date: 07/16/2025

Last Action: Received in the Senate and referred sequentially to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, when reported by the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, pursuant to an order of the Senate of January 5, 2001, to be sequentially referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs for 20 calendar days.

06/10/2025

Stephen Vaden, of Tennessee, to be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, vice Xochitl Torres Small, resigned.

Nomination Number: PN12-43-119

Received Date: 01/20/2025

Last Action: Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 44. Record Vote Number: 301.

06/10/2025

Brian Quintenz, of Ohio, to be Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, vice Rostin Behnam.

Nomination Number: PN25-42-119

Received Date: 02/11/2025

Last Action: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Hearings held.

06/10/2025

Brian Quintenz, of Ohio, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for the term expiring April 13, 2029, vice Christy Goldsmith Romero, term expired.

Nomination Number: PN25-43-119

Received Date: 02/11/2025

Last Action: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Hearings held.

06/02/2025

Mindy Brashears, of Texas, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety, vice Jose Emilio Esteban, resigned.

Nomination Number: PN246-3-119

Received Date: 06/02/2025

Last Action: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

06/02/2025

Glen Smith, of Iowa, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development for Rural Development, vice Basil Ivanhoe Gooden, resigned.

Nomination Number: PN246-14-119

Received Date: 06/02/2025

Last Action: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

05/21/2025

Devon Westhill, of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, vice Joe Leonard, Jr.

Nomination Number: PN22-28-119

Received Date: 02/03/2025

Last Action: Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 163. Subject to nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.

02/13/2025

Brooke Rollins, of Texas, to be Secretary of Agriculture.

Nomination Number: PN11-12-119

Received Date: 01/20/2025

Last Action: Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 72 - 28. Record Vote Number: 53.

01/03/2025

Marcus D. Graham, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Farm Credit Administration Board, Farm Credit Administration, for a term expiring May 21, 2028, vice Glen R. Smith, term expired.

Nomination Number: PN1690-118

Received Date: 05/02/2024

Last Action: Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.

01/03/2025

Julie Brinn Siegel, of the District of Columbia, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for a term expiring April 13, 2029, vice Christy Goldsmith Romero, term expired.

Nomination Number: PN1948-118

Received Date: 07/11/2024

Last Action: Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.

02/26/2024

Summer K. Mersinger, of South Dakota, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for a term expiring April 13, 2028. (Reappointment)

Nomination Number: PN739-118

Received Date: 06/06/2023

Last Action: Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.

02/26/2024

Basil Ivanhoe Gooden, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development, vice Xochitl Torres Small, resigned.

Nomination Number: PN1015-118

Received Date: 09/11/2023

Last Action: Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.

01/03/2024

Margo Schlanger, of Michigan, to be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, vice Joe Leonard, Jr.

Nomination Number: PN108-118

Received Date: 01/23/2023

Last Action: Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.

01/03/2024

Stacy Lynn Dean, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, vice Kevin W. Concannon.

Nomination Number: PN107-118

Received Date: 01/23/2023

Last Action: Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.