Congressional Record — October 7, 2025

Overview of the day

The Senate conducted business including the confirmation of a large group of nominations and debates regarding government funding, healthcare access, and resource management. Members discussed the impacts of the current government shutdown and the expiration of Affordable Care Act tax credits. The Senate also considered measures to overturn previous administration resource management plans and addressed national cyber security threats.

Summary of the House proceedings

There was no House activity on this date.

Summary of Senate proceedings

S. 1337 was mentioned regarding a request for the Senate to proceed to its immediate consideration to renew authority for the private sector and Federal Government to exchange information about cyber attacks.
H.J. Res. 104 was mentioned as a resolution to roll back a resource management plan amendment that prohibits new coal leasing in Eastern Montana.
H.J. Res. 105 and H.J. Res. 106 were mentioned in an order of procedure regarding motions to proceed to these measures.
S.J. Res. 83 was mentioned in a motion to discharge the measure.
S. 2296 had 3 amendments proposed to it.
The Senate confirmed en bloc nominations for several positions, including:
Paul Atkins to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
James Baehr to be General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs.
Patrick David Davis to be an Assistant Attorney General.
Leah Campos to be Ambassador to the Dominican Republic.
Brandon Judd to be Ambassador to the Republic of Chile.
Joseph Popolo to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Catherine Jereza to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy.
Ned Mamula to be Director of the United States Geological Survey.
David Fink to be Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration.
Pierre Gentin to be General Counsel of the Department of Commerce.
David Fogel to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service.
Devon Westhill to be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture.
Kirsten Baesler to be Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education.
Wayne Palmer to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health.
Julie Hocker to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor.
Marco Rajkovich, Jr. to be a Member of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission.
John Busterud to be Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste, Environmental Protection Agency.
Stanley Woodward, Jr. to be Associate Attorney General.
Janet Dhillon to be Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
David Keeling to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor.
Kimberly Richey to be Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Department of Education.
Jonathan Berry to be Solicitor for the Department of Labor.
Andrew Rogers to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor.
Marc Andersen to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army.
James Woodruff II to be a Member of the Merit Systems Protection Board.
Kevin Rhodes to be Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy.
Usha-Maria Turner to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
John Dever to be General Counsel of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
Joseph Barloon to be a Deputy United States Trade Representative.
Brian Morrissey, Jr. to be General Counsel for the Department of the Treasury.
Craig Trainor to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
Francis Brooke to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
David Peters to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce.
Mary Riley to be Assistant Secretary for Legislation and Congressional Affairs, Department of Education.
Brian Christine to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Jonathan Snare to be a Member of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
David Brian Castillo to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Labor.
David Barker to be Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education, Department of Education.
Brittany Panuccio to be a Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Michael Boren to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment.
Audrey Robertson to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy.
Lanny Erdos to be Director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement.
Taylor Jordan to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce.
Derek Barrs to be Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
Michael Rutherford to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation.
Gregory Zerzan to be General Counsel of the Department of Transportation.
Christopher Fox to be Inspector General of the Intelligence Community, Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
Alex Adams to be Assistant Secretary for Family Support, Department of Health and Human Services.
Jonathan McKernan to be an Under Secretary of the Treasury.
Macon Hughes to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense.
Philip Weinberg to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force.
Timothy John Walsh to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy.
Gustav Chiarello III to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Michael Stuart to be General Counsel of the Department of Health and Human Services.
William Kirkland to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
Laura Swett to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
David LaCerte to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Arch Capito to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia.
David Dunavant to be United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee.
Matthew Harvey to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia.
John Heekin to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
Leif Olson to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa.
Adam Sleeper to be United States Attorney for the District of the Virgin Islands.
David Toepfer to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
Kurt Alme to be United States Attorney for the District of Montana.
Nicholas Chase to be United States Attorney for the District of North Dakota.
Bart McKay Davis to be United States Attorney for the District of Idaho.
David Metcalf to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Lesley Murphy to be United States Attorney for the District of Nebraska.
Ronald A. Parsons, Jr. to be United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota.
Kurt Wall to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana.
David Charles Waterman to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa.
Daniel Rosen to be United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota.
Somers Farkas to be Ambassador to the Republic of Malta.
Nicole McGraw to be Ambassador to the Republic of Croatia.
Leandro Rizzuto to be Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the Organization of American States.
Herschel Walker to be Ambassador to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas.
Stacey Feinberg to be Ambassador to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
Kenneth Howery to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark.
Richard Buchan III to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco.
Bill Bazzi to be Ambassador to the Republic of Tunisia.
Lynda Blanchard to be U.S. Representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture.
Howard Brodie to be Ambassador to the Republic of Finland.
Arthur Fisher to be Ambassador to the Republic of Austria.
Melinda Hildebrand to be Ambassador to the Republic of Costa Rica.
Michel Issa to be Ambassador to the Lebanese Republic.
Nicholas Merrick to be Ambassador to the Czech Republic.
Roman Pipko to be Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia.
Thomas Rose to be Ambassador to the Republic of Poland.
William White to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium.
John Giordano to be Ambassador to the Republic of Namibia.
Anjani Sinha to be Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore.
Sean O'Neill to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand.
Julie Stufft to be Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Dan Negrea to be Representative of the United States of America on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.
Sergio Gor to be Ambassador to the Republic of India.
Stephanie Hallett to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain.
James Holtsnider to be Ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
Jacob Helberg to be an Under Secretary of State.
Benjamin Black to be Chief Executive Officer of the United States International Development Finance Corporation.
Thomas DiNanno to be Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security.
Paul Kapur to be Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs.
Sarah Rogers to be Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy.
Michael DeSombre to be an Assistant Secretary of State.
Riley Barnes to be an Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.
Todd Wilcox to be an Assistant Secretary of State.
Neil Jacobs to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere.