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Wayne Palmer To Be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health · Congress.wiki

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Wayne Palmer To Be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health

PN25-38

Wayne Palmer, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health, vice Christopher John Williamson, resigned.

1Nominees

12Actions

0Hearings

1Committees

Progress

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Committee

Hearing

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Committees

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsSenate

Senate Vote

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Cloture Motion Agreed to (50-45)

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Yea

45

Nay

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Present

5

Not Voting

Voted on October 6, 2025

Timeline

Received11 months ago (February 11, 2025)

Authority4 months ago (October 7, 2025)

Last ActionOctober 7, 2025

Action History

FloorOctober 7, 2025

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

FloorOctober 7, 2025

Considered by Senate.

FloorOctober 6, 2025

By unanimous consent agreement, debate 10/7/2025.

FloorOctober 6, 2025

Considered by Senate.

FloorOctober 6, 2025

Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 50 - 45. Record Vote Number: 546.

Nominees

Related Nominations

This nomination is part of a batch. PN25-38 has 56 parts total.

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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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Wayne Palmer

Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health · Department of Labor

Virginia