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The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the en bloc nominations provided under the provisions of S. Res. 690?
Mr. SCHATZ. 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 Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Curtis), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Tuberville), and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Young).
Further, if present and voting: the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch) would have voted “Yea,” the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis) would have voted “Yea,” and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Young) would have voted “Yea.”
Mr. SCHUMER. I announce that the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman), and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters) are necessarily absent.
The result was announced—yeas 46, nays 43, as follows:
Rollcall Vote No. 125 Ex.
YEAS—46
Armstrong
Banks
Barrasso
Blackburn
Boozman
Britt
Budd
Capito
Cassidy
Collins
Cotton
Crapo
Cruz
Daines
Ernst
Fischer
Graham
Grassley
Hagerty
Hawley
Hoeven
Husted
Hyde-Smith
Johnson
Justice
Kennedy
Lankford
Lee
Lummis
Marshall
McConnell
McCormick
Moody
Moran
Moreno
Murkowski
Paul
Ricketts
Rounds
Schmitt
Scott (FL)
Scott (SC)
Sheehy
Sullivan
Thune
Wicker
NAYS—43
Alsobrooks
Baldwin
Blumenthal
Blunt Rochester
Booker
Cantwell
Coons
Cortez Masto
Duckworth
Gallego
Gillibrand
Hassan
Heinrich
Hickenlooper
Hirono
Kaine
Kelly
Kim
King
Klobuchar
Lujan
Markey
Merkley
Murphy
Murray
Ossoff
Padilla
Reed
Rosen
Sanders
Schatz
Schiff
Schumer
Shaheen
Slotkin
Smith
Van Hollen
Warner
Warnock
Warren
Welch
Whitehouse
Wyden
NOT VOTING—11
Bennet
Cornyn
Cramer
Curtis
Durbin
Fetterman
Peters
Risch
Tillis
Tuberville
Young
The en bloc nominations were confirmed as follows:
Calendar Number 616: William Boyle, of North Carolina, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina for the term of four years.
Calendar Number 617: Kevin Holmes, of Arkansas, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas for the term of four years.
Calendar Number 618: Brian David Miller, of Pennsylvania, to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania for the term of four years.
Calendar Number 619: Richard Price, of Missouri, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri for the term of four years.
Calendar Number 621: Gregory LoGerfo, of Massachusetts, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Coordinator for Counterterrorism, with the rank and status of Ambassador at Large.
Calendar Number 622: Eric Meyer, of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
Calendar Number 623: Jennifer Wicks McNamara, of Virginia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
Calendar Number 624: Frank Weiland, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs).
Calendar Number 648: Daniel Edwards, of North Carolina, to be an
Assistant Secretary of Transportation.
Calendar Number 649: Steven Haines, of Virginia, to be an Assistant
Secretary of Commerce.
Calendar Number 650: Robert Harvey, of Florida, to be a Federal
Maritime Commissioner for a term expiring June 30, 2029.
Calendar Number 652: Thomas Govan, Jr., of Alabama, to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama for the term of four years.
Calendar Number 653: Zachary Keller, of Louisiana, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana for the term of four years.
Calendar Number 664: Gregory Gilmore, of Illinois, to be United States Attorney for the Central District of Illinois for the term of four years.
Calendar Number 665: Douglas Weaver, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the term of five years expiring June 30, 2031. (Reappointment)
Calendar Number 667: David LaCerte, of Louisiana, to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a term expiring June 30, 2031. (Reappointment)
Calendar Number 668: Kyle Haustveit, of North Dakota, to be Under
Secretary of Energy.
Calendar Number 675: Robert Rotter, of Iowa, to be United States
Marshal for the Northern District of Iowa for the term of four years.
Calendar Number 676: Daniel Satterlee, of South Dakota, to be United States Marshal for the District of South Dakota for the term of four years.
Calendar Number 677: David St. Pierre, of Maine, to be United States
Marshal for the District of Maine for the term of four years.
Calendar Number 678: Brian Birdwell, of Texas, to be an Assistant
Secretary of Defense.
Calendar Number 679: Mark Ditlevson, of Minnesota, to be an Assistant
Secretary of Defense.
Calendar Number 680: Lee Lipton, of Florida, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of the Philippines.
Calendar Number 681: William Long, of Missouri, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Iceland.
Calendar Number 682: Jared Novelly, of Missouri, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to New Zealand, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Independent State of Samoa, the Cook Islands, and Niue.
Calendar Number 685: Asel Roberts, of Virginia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Slovenia.
Calendar Number 686: Wesley Brooks, of Florida, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs.
Calendar Number 687: Frank Garcia, of Virginia, to be an Assistant
Secretary of State (African Affairs).
Calendar Number 688: Matthew Anderson, of Colorado, to be Deputy
Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Calendar Number 689: Michael Graham, of Virginia, to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board for a term expiring December 31, 2030. (Reappointment)
Calendar Number 690: Richard Kloster, of West Virginia, to be a Member of the Surface Transportation Board for a term expiring December 31, 2028.
Calendar Number 691: Seval Oz, of California, to be an Assistant
Secretary of Transportation. (New Position)
Calendar Number 692: Arvind Raman, of Indiana, to be Under Secretary
of Commerce for Standards and Technology.
Calendar Number 694: Melissa Holyoak, of Utah, to be United States
Attorney for the District of Utah for the term of four years.
Calendar Number 695: Phillip Williams, Jr., of Alabama, to be United
Calendar Number 698: James Bishop, of North Carolina, to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina for the term of four years.
Calendar Number 699: Brian Barber, of Louisiana, to be United States Marshal for the Western District of Louisiana for the term of four years.
Calendar Number 700: Steven Lewis, of Missouri, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Missouri for the term of four years.
Calendar Number 701: Priscilla Lopez, of Florida, to be United States Marshal for the Southern District of Florida for the term of four years.
Calendar Number 711: Brian Gootkin, of Montana, to be United States
Marshal for the District of Montana for the term of four years.
Calendar Number 712: James Stuart, of Minnesota, to be United States
Marshal for the District of Minnesota for the term of four years.
Calendar Number 714: Yeouk Kim, of Texas, to be Representative of the United States of America to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
Calendar Number 715: Ademola Adewale-Sadik, of New York, to be United States Director of the African Development Bank for a term of five years.
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Ricketts). Under the previous order, the motions to reconsider are considered made and laid upon the table, and the President will be immediately notified of the Senate's actions.