119th Congress Presidential nomination

PN25-13

Department of Commerce

David Fogel, of Connecticut, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service, vice Arun Venkataraman, resigned.

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Nomination record

Received: Feb 11, 2025
Latest action: Oct 7, 2025
Nominee positions: 1
Nominees: 1

Latest official action: Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 47. Record Vote Number: 547.

Source-supplied nominee positions for PN25-13.
Position	Organization	Nominees
Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service	Department of Commerce	1

Official chronology

Dated actions

Oct 7, 2025
Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 47. Record Vote Number: 547.
Floor
Oct 7, 2025
Considered by Senate.
Floor
Oct 6, 2025
By unanimous consent agreement, debate 10/7/2025.
Floor
Oct 6, 2025
Considered by Senate.
Floor
Oct 6, 2025
Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 50 - 45. Record Vote Number: 546.
Floor
Oct 6, 2025
By unanimous consent agreement, mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII waived.
Floor
Oct 3, 2025
Cloture motion presented in Senate.
Floor
Oct 3, 2025
Motion to proceed to executive session to consideration of nomination pursuant to S. Res. 412, 119th Congress agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
Floor
May 21, 2025
Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 160. Subject to nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.
Calendars
May 21, 2025
Reported by Senator Cruz, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, without printed report.
Committee
May 21, 2025
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported favorably.
Committee
May 13, 2025
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-276.
Committee
May 6, 2025
Reported by Senator Scott SC, Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, without printed report.
Committee
May 6, 2025
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Ordered to be reported favorably.
Committee
Apr 10, 2025
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
Committee
Apr 9, 2025
Referred jointly to the Committees on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; Commerce, Science, and Transportation by unanimous consent.
IntroReferral
Feb 11, 2025
Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
IntroReferral