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Penny Schwinn To Be Deputy Secretary Of Education · Congress.wiki

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Penny Schwinn To Be Deputy Secretary Of Education

PN13-13

Penny Schwinn, of Tennessee, to be Deputy Secretary of Education, vice Cynthia Minette Marten, resigned.

1Nominees

6Actions

0Hearings

1Committees

Progress

Received

Committee

Hearing

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Committees

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsSenate

Timeline

Received1 year ago (January 22, 2025)

Authority5 months ago (September 3, 2025)

Last ActionSeptember 3, 2025

Action History

FloorSeptember 3, 2025

Received message of withdrawal of nomination from the President.

CalendarsJune 26, 2025

Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 250. Subject to nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.

CommitteeJune 26, 2025

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

CommitteeJune 26, 2025

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

CommitteeJune 5, 2025

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.

Nominees

Related Nominations

This nomination is part of a batch. PN13-13 has 13 parts total.

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Committee Meetings

2 meetings related to this nomination

Business meeting to consider the nominations of Penny Schwinn, of Tennessee, to be Deputy Secretary, and Kimberly Richey, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, both of the Department of Education, and Daniel Aronowitz, of Virginia, and David Keeling, of Kentucky, both to be an Assistant Secretary, Jonathan Berry, of Maryland, to be Solicitor, Andrew Rogers, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Andrea Lucas, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Jeremiah Workman, of Ohio, to be Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment and Training, all of the Department of Labor, and other pending business.

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsCapitol (Senate side), 216Jun 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM

Hearings to examine the nominations of Penny Schwinn, of Tennessee, to be Deputy Secretary, and Kimberly Richey, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, both of the Department of Education, and Daniel Aronowitz, of Virginia, and David Keeling, of Kentucky, both to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor.

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsDirksen Senate Office Building, 430

Jun 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM

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Penny Schwinn

Deputy Secretary of Education · Department of Education

Tennessee