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On the recordDecember 18, 2025
while I voted No on S. Res. 532, which calls for an up or down vote on 97 nominations, en bloc, I would have voted yea on the following nominations if I had the opportunity to vote on each nomination separately: 1. Calendar Number 429: Michael Powers, of Virginia, to be Deputy Under Secretary of Defense. 2. Calendar Number 430: Benjamin Kohlmann, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Navy. 3. Calendar Number 431: Amy Henninger, of Virginia, to be Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, Department of Defense. 4. Calendar Number 432: David Denton, Jr., of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of the Navy. 5. Calendar Number 454: Jonathan Burke, of Georgia, to be Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing, Department of the Treasury. 6. Calendar Number 461: Jeremiah Workman, of Ohio, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training. 7. Calendar Number 470: James Mazol, of Virginia, to be a Deputy Under Secretary of Defense. 8. Calendar Number 478: Dominick Gerace II, of Ohio, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio for the term of 4 years. 9. Calendar Number 479: Jerome Francis Gorgon, Jr., of Michigan, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan for the term of 4 years. 10. Calendar Number 480: Bryan Stirling, of South Carolina, to be United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina for the term of 4 years.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

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Discussing votes on various nominations during Senate proceedings.

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