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Kevin O'Farrell — Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical, and Adult Education · Congress.wiki

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Kevin O'Farrell — Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical, and Adult Education

PN25-36

Kevin O'Farrell, of Florida, to be Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical, and Adult Education, Department of Education, vice Scott Stump.

1Nominees

5Actions

0Hearings

1Committees

Progress

Received

Committee

Hearing

Result

Committees

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsSenate

Timeline

Received11 months ago (February 11, 2025)

Authority3 months ago (October 21, 2025)

Last ActionOctober 21, 2025

Action History

FloorOctober 21, 2025

Received message of withdrawal of nomination from the President.

CalendarsMay 22, 2025

Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 167. Subject to nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.

CommitteeMay 22, 2025

Reported by Senator Cassidy, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, without printed report.

CommitteeMay 22, 2025

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported favorably.

IntroReferralFebruary 11, 2025

Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Nominees

Related Nominations

This nomination is part of a batch. PN25-36 has 56 parts total.

Assistant Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCONFIRMED Assistant Secretary of Labor (Department of Labor)CONFIRMED General Counsel, Department of Veterans AffairsCONFIRMED U.S. Trade Representative (Ambassador)CONFIRMED Chief Executive Officer, U.S. International Development Finance CorporationCONFIRMED U.S. Ambassador to PanamaCONFIRMED Assistant Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCONFIRMED General Counsel, Department of AgricultureCONFIRMED Assistant Secretary of the TreasuryWITHDRAWN Under Secretary Of State For Arms Control And International SecurityCONFIRMED Assistant Administrator, Environmental Protection AgencyCONFIRMED Assistant Secretary Of EnergyWITHDRAWN Assistant Secretary Of Commerce — Director General, U.S. & Foreign Commercial S CONFIRMED U.S. Ambassador to JapanCONFIRMED Comptroller Of The CurrencyCONFIRMED EPA Chief Financial OfficerCONFIRMED Assistant Secretary Of CommerceWITHDRAWN U.S. Ambassador To CanadaCONFIRMED Under Secretary Of State (Political Affairs)CONFIRMED U.S. Ambassador to IsraelCONFIRMED Under Secretary Of Agriculture For Research, Education, And EconomicsCONFIRMED U.S. Ambassador To MexicoCONFIRMED Assistant Secretary Of CommerceCONFIRMED Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian AffairsCONFIRMED Assistant Secretary Of LaborCONFIRMED Under Secretary Of EducationCONFIRMED Director Of The National Counterterrorism Center (ODNI)CONFIRMED Assistant Administrator, Environmental Protection AgencyCONFIRMED Assistant Secretary of LaborCONFIRMED Director Of U.S. Geological SurveyCONFIRMED General Counsel, Department of EducationWITHDRAWN Director, Bureau of Consumer Financial ProtectionWITHDRAWN Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationCONFIRMED General Counsel, Department Of The TreasuryCONFIRMED Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceCONFIRMED Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business AffairsCONFIRMED Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and HealthCONFIRMED Assistant Secretary Of The TreasuryCONFIRMED Chief Financial Officer — Department of EnergyCONFIRMED Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military AffairsWITHDRAWN Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading CommissionWITHDRAWN Commissioner, Commodity Futures Trading CommissionWITHDRAWN Assistant Secretary Of CommerceWITHDRAWN Assistant Secretary Of State For Near Eastern AffairsWITHDRAWN Assistant Secretary For Civil Rights, Department Of EducationCONFIRMED Assistant Secretary for Legislation and Congressional Affairs, Dept. of Ed.CONFIRMED Assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy Efficiency and Renewable EnergyCONFIRMED Under Secretary of State for Public DiplomacyCONFIRMED Legal Adviser, Department Of StateCONFIRMED Director Of The Bureau Of Land ManagementWITHDRAWN General Counsel, Department Of Health And Human ServicesCONFIRMED Assistant Administrator, Environmental Protection AgencyCONFIRMED Chief Financial Officer, Department of Veterans AffairsCONFIRMED Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentCONFIRMED U.S. Permanent Representative On NATO CouncilCONFIRMED

Committee Meetings

1 meeting related to this nomination

Business meeting to consider the nominations of Julie Hocker, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary, Wayne Palmer, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health, and Henry Mack III, of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary, all of the Department of Labor, Marco Rajkovich, Jr., of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, and Kirsten Baesler, of North Dakota, to be Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education, Kevin O'Farrell, of Florida, to be Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical, and Adult Education, and Nicholas Kent, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary, all of the Department of Education.

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsCapitol (Senate side), 216May 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM

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Kevin O'farrell

Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical, and Adult Education · Department of Education

Florida