Delaware
Major
Major
+1 more nominee
William Flens, of the District of Columbia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Chad.
Ambassador to the Republic of Chad
Colonel
Colonel
+1 more nominee
Charles Goodman III, of Florida, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Togolese Republic.
Ambassador to the Togolese Republic
Colonel
Colonel
+1 more nominee
Colonel
Colonel
+1 more nominee
Gerald E. Connolly Esophageal Cancer Awareness Act of 2025
The bill aims to raise awareness and target screening to detect esophageal cancers earlier—potentially saving lives and improving program transparency—while risking higher demand and costs, capacity strain, and possible inequities from demographic-targeted screening.
ARTIST Act
The bill protects Alaska Native subsistence practices, cultural commerce, and tribal consultation while increasing evidentiary transparency in specific challenges — but it narrows which handicrafts qualify for interstate sale, may constrain subsistence if stocks are restricted, and limits state authority to regulate related materials.
Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027
The bill eases costs and cash‑flow for apparel importers and preserves short-term customs operations and trade preferences (notably AGOA), trading off reduced tariff revenue, added competition for domestic textile producers, and administrative and policy uncertainty from short extensions and retroactive relief.
Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act
The bill increases the likelihood the Arkansas Valley Conduit is built and makes repayment more affordable for local borrowers, but does so by shifting substantial up‑front and long‑term costs and risks to local governments and utilities while reducing near‑term federal receipts.
Lulu’s Law
The bill improves public safety by providing shark-warning alerts to protect beachgoers, but does so at the cost of more frequent alerts that could cause public alert fatigue and create operational burdens for emergency agencies.
Miccosukee Reserved Area Amendments Act
The bill secures formal tribal land inclusion and mandates near‑term flood protections for Miccosukee Osceola Camp—improving safety and tribal control—while creating implementation, environmental review, management, and modest fiscal risks that could limit or delay benefits if not well funded and executed.
Secure America Act
The bill significantly increases multi‑year funding and operational capacity for federal border and immigration enforcement—improving staffing, investigations, and detection—while concentrating enforcement power and surveillance that raises costs, privacy concerns, and heightened risks of arrest and strained local–community relations for immigrants.
