AISenate Banking Committee votes on six Trump administration nominees

Treasury and HHS ConfirmationsSenate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs · 2025-05-06 · 119th Congress
The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee held an executive session to vote on six pending nominations: Andrew Hughes and David Woll for HUD Deputy Secretary and General Counsel, Michelle Bowman for Vice Chairman for Supervision of the Federal Reserve, John Hurley for Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes, and David Vogel and Landon Heid for posts at the Department of Commerce. Begins at 0:21:06
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Senate Banking Committee votes on six Trump administration nominees

Purpose

The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee held an executive session to vote on six pending nominations: Andrew Hughes and David Woll for HUD Deputy Secretary and General Counsel, Michelle Bowman for Vice Chairman for Supervision of the Federal Reserve, John Hurley for Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes, and David Vogel and Landon Heid for posts at the Department of Commerce. Chair Tim Scott (R-SC) presided, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) gave the opening statement before the committee conducted roll-call votes on each nominee. Begins at0:21:06

Who spoke

Chair Tim Scott (R-SC)0:21:06: Opened the meeting, called on the ranking member for an opening statement0:21:06, presided over all six roll-call votes0:23:48, and adjourned the executive session after asking if any members wished to make statements0:31:31.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)0:21:11: Argued the President is pushing the economy toward recession and cited a $2 billion stablecoin deal with the UAE involving a crypto exchange that pled guilty to criminal charges0:21:36; said nominee Bowman would not acknowledge tariff harms and signaled deregulation risks to households0:22:03, that Hughes and Woll would not commit to opposing cuts or say whether they signed a loyalty pledge0:22:28, that Hurley would not say Russia started the war in Ukraine or commit to full Corporate Transparency Act enforcement0:22:56, and that Heid would not rule out lifting Russia export controls0:23:26; stated she would vote against all six nominees0:23:26.

Key moments

Vote on Andrew Hughes (HUD Deputy Secretary): approved 13–110:24:50.

Vote on David Woll (HUD General Counsel): approved 13–110:26:18.

Vote on Michelle Bowman (Fed Vice Chairman for Supervision): approved 13–110:27:34.

Vote on John Hurley (Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes): approved 14–10, with Sen. Gallego voting aye by proxy0:28:52.

Vote on David Vogel (Commerce Assistant Secretary and Director General of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service): approved 13–110:30:07.

Vote on Landon Heid (Commerce Assistant Secretary): approved 13–110:31:22.

Warren said Trump nominees for Commerce "refused to acknowledge the tremendous damage" trade policies are causing American families and businesses0:23:26.

Chair Scott closed the session with a lighthearted remark about a "30 minute opening statement" before adjourning0:31:31.

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Official titleBusiness meeting to consider the nominations of Andrew Hughes, of Texas, to be Deputy Secretary and David Woll, of Virginia, to be General Counsel, both of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Michelle Bowman, of Kansas, to be Vice Chairman for Supervision of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term of four years, John Hurley, of California, to be Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes, Department of the Treasury, and David Fogel, of Connecticut, to be Assistant Secretary and Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service, and Landon Heid, of Missouri, to be an Assistant Secretary, both of the Department of Commerce.
CommitteeSenate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Chamber / CongressSenate · 119th Congress
Date2025-05-06
TypeMeeting
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Transcript26 caption blocks · 1,375 words · 0:32:01 runtime
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