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Benjamin Kohlmann To Be Assistant Secretary Of The Navy · Congress.wiki

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Benjamin Kohlmann To Be Assistant Secretary Of The Navy

PN60-12

Benjamin Kohlmann, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Navy, vice Franklin R. Parker.

Received: March 31, 2025; March 31, 2025
Authority: December 19, 2025; December 19, 2025
Last Action: December 18, 2025; December 18, 2025

1Nominees

13Actions

0Hearings

1Committees

Progress

Received

Committee

Hearing

Result

Nominees

1 nominee

Senate Vote

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Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-47)

53

Yea

47

Nay

0

Present

0

Not Voting

Voted on December 17, 2025

Recorded Votes

Recorded Senate votes

2 recorded

December 19, 2025

Nomination Confirmed (53-43)

On the Nomination

December 17, 2025

Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-47)

On the Cloture Motion

Action History

FloorDecember 18, 2025

Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 43. Record Vote Number: 655.

FloorDecember 18, 2025

Considered by Senate.

FloorDecember 17, 2025

By unanimous consent agreement, debate 12/18/2025.

FloorDecember 17, 2025

Considered by Senate.

FloorDecember 17, 2025

Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 47. Record Vote Number: 653.

Committees & Meetings

1 committee · 1 meeting

Committees

1 total

Committee on Armed ServicesSenate

Committee Meetings

1 meeting related to this nomination

Hearings to examine the nominations of Michael Powers, of Virginia, to be Deputy Under Secretary, Amy Henninger, of Virginia, to be Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, David Denton, Jr., of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of the Navy, and Benjamin Kohlmann, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Navy, all of the Department of Defense.

Committee on Armed ServicesDirksen Senate Office Building, G50Jul 31, 2025 at 1:15 PM

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Benjamin Kohlmann

Assistant Secretary of the Navy · Department of Defense

Texas