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: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Hearings held.
Stella Herrell, of New Mexico, to be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, vice Adrienne Wojciechowski, resigned.
Nomination Number: PN345-8-119
Received Date: 06/16/2025
Last Action: Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 521. Subject to nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.
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: Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 520. Subject to nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.
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: Referred sequentially to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs for 20 calendar days under authority of the order of the Senate of 01/07/2009.
Michael Selig, of Florida, 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: PN624-2-119
Received Date: 10/27/2025
Last Action: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Michael Selig, of Florida, to be Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, vice Rostin Behnam.
Nomination Number: PN624-1-119
Received Date: 10/27/2025
Last Action: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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: Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 47. Record Vote Number: 547.
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: Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 47. Record Vote Number: 547.
Jeffrey Kaufman, of Iowa, to be a Member of the Farm Credit Administration Board, Farm Credit Administration, for a term expiring October 13, 2030, vice Jeffrey S. Hall, term expired.
Nomination Number: PN518-2-119
Received Date: 09/10/2025
Last Action: Received message of withdrawal of nomination from the President.
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: Received message of withdrawal of nomination from the President.
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: Received message of withdrawal of nomination from the President.
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: Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 47. Record Vote Number: 526.
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: Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 47. Record Vote Number: 526.
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: Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 47. Record Vote Number: 526.
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: Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 78 - 17. Record Vote Number: 494.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.