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Richard Topping To Be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs · Congress.wiki

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Richard Topping To Be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs

PN25-54

Richard Topping, of Ohio, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs, vice Jon J. Rychalski.

1Nominees

13Actions

1Hearings

1Committees

Progress

Received

Committee

Hearing

Result

Committees

Committee on Veterans' AffairsSenate

Senate Vote

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Cloture Motion Agreed to (52-46)

52

Yea

46

Nay

0

Present

2

Not Voting

Voted on July 24, 2025

Timeline

Received11 months ago (February 11, 2025)

Authority2 months ago (November 21, 2025)

Last ActionJuly 24, 2025

Action History

FloorJuly 24, 2025

Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 47. Record Vote Number: 436.

FloorJuly 24, 2025

Considered by Senate.

FloorJuly 24, 2025

Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 46. Record Vote Number: 435.

FloorJuly 23, 2025

By unanimous consent agreement, mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII be waived.

FloorJuly 21, 2025

Cloture motion presented in Senate.

Nominees

Related Nominations

This nomination is part of a batch. PN25-54 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 for Career, Technical, and Adult EducationWITHDRAWN 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 Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentCONFIRMED U.S. Permanent Representative On NATO CouncilCONFIRMED

Hearing Records

1 hearing on record

Hearing To Consider Pending Nominations

Committee on Veterans' AffairsApr 1, 2025

Committee Meetings

2 meetings related to this nomination

Senate Veterans' Affairs

Committee on Veterans' AffairsCapitol (Senate side), 216Apr 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM

Senate Veterans' Affairs

Committee on Veterans' AffairsRussell Senate Office Building, 418Apr 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM

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Richard Topping

Chief Financial Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs · Department of Veterans Affairs

Ohio