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10/29/2025

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

10/29/2025

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

10/29/2025

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

10/27/2025

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.

10/27/2025

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.

10/07/2025

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: Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 47. Record Vote Number: 547.

10/07/2025

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: Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 47. Record Vote Number: 547.

09/30/2025

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.

09/30/2025

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: Received message of withdrawal of nomination from the President.

09/30/2025

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: Received message of withdrawal of nomination from the President.

09/18/2025

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: Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 47. Record Vote Number: 526.

09/18/2025

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: Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 47. Record Vote Number: 526.

09/18/2025

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: Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 47. Record Vote Number: 526.

08/02/2025

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: Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 78 - 17. Record Vote Number: 494.

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.

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.

06/02/2025

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.

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.