Committee reports FEMA, OMB, and D.C. court nominations by vote
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a business meeting to vote on reporting a slate of pending nominations, including Cameron Hamilton to be FEMA Administrator, Bradford Wilson to be Archivist of the United States, a block of seven nominees including Hal Duncan (OMB) and Brian Cavanaugh (DHS Under Secretary for Management), and a block of District of Columbia Court of Appeals and Superior Court judges. The meeting consisted of the chair calling up nominees in blocks, roll-call votes, and the clerk announcing tallies before each nomination was ordered reported favorably. Begins at▶ 0:21:20.
• Chairman (presiding)▶ 0:21:20: Opened by thanking Senator Peters for agreeing to consider nominees in blocks▶ 0:21:20, called up Cameron Hamilton for FEMA Administrator▶ 0:21:20, then Bradford Wilson for Archivist▶ 0:22:03, then a block of seven nominees including Hal Duncan, Jeffrey Brodsky, William Gallo, James Woodruff II, Brian Cavanaugh, and Charlton Allen▶ 0:23:22, then a block of D.C. Court of Appeals and Superior Court judges including James Crowell IV, Stuart Nash, Christopher DeBono, Michael DeLorenzo, Sharon Goodie, Craig Leen, and Christine Macey▶ 0:24:22, and declared each nomination ordered reported favorably before adjourning the meeting▶ 0:25:47.
• Committee clerk▶ 0:22:03: Announced the roll-call vote tallies after each block was voted on: 8 yeas–4 nays on Hamilton▶ 0:22:03, 10 yeas–2 nays on Wilson▶ 0:22:55, 7 yeas–5 nays on the seven-nominee block▶ 0:24:22, and 10 yeas–2 nays on the D.C. judges block▶ 0:25:17.
• Cameron Hamilton's nomination to be FEMA Administrator was ordered reported favorably by a vote of 8 yeas to 4 nays▶ 0:22:03.
• Bradford Wilson's nomination to be Archivist of the United States passed 10 yeas to 2 nays▶ 0:22:55.
• A block of seven nominees — including Hal Duncan, Jeffrey Brodsky, William Gallo, James Woodruff II, Brian Cavanaugh, and Charlton Allen (General Counsel of the Federal Labor Relations Authority) — was reported favorably 7 yeas to 5 nays after being considered without objection▶ 0:23:22▶ 0:24:22.
• A block of D.C. Court of Appeals and Superior Court judicial nominees, including James Crowell IV, Stuart Nash, Christopher DeBono, Michael DeLorenzo, Sharon Goodie, Craig Leen, and Christine Macey, was considered without objection and reported favorably 10 yeas to 2 nays▶ 0:24:47▶ 0:25:17.
• The chairman thanked Senator Peters for allowing nominees to be grouped in blocks to expedite the meeting▶ 0:21:20.
• The business meeting was adjourned immediately after the final vote on the judicial nominees block▶ 0:25:47.
| Official title | Business meeting to consider the nominations of Hal Duncan, of Texas, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Brian Cavanaugh, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary for Management, and Cameron Hamilton, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, both of the Department of Homeland Security, Charles Baldis, of Virginia, to be Special Counsel, Office of Special Counsel, Bradford Pentony Wilson, of New Jersey, to be Archivist of the United States, Jeffrey Brodsky, and William Gallo, of Florida, both to be a Governor of the United States Postal Service, James Woodruff, of Florida, to be Chairman of the Merit Systems Protection Board, Charlton Allen, of North Carolina, to be General Counsel of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, James Andrew Crowell IV, and Stuart Gordon Nash, both to be an Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, and Christopher Michael De Bono, Michael Christopher DiLorenzo, Sharon E. Goodie, Craig Edward Leen, Christine Michelle Macey, and John Barlow Timmer, each to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. |
| Committee | Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs |
| Chamber / Congress | Senate · 119th Congress |
| Date | 2026-07-22 |
| Type | Open Business Meeting |
| Witnesses | (none listed in event metadata) |
| Video | senate-isvp |
| Transcript | 10 caption blocks · 286 words · 0:26:08 runtime |
| Event | Congress.gov 338666 |