Senate Banking Committee reports six Trump administration nominees to full Senate amid sharp criticism from Ranking Member Warren

The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee voted to report six administration nominees to the full Senate after an executive session during which Ranking Member Elizabeth Warren sharply criticized the administration and the nominees.

Ranking Member Elizabeth Warren, the committee's senior Democrat, opened the meeting with a broad critique of the administration's economic and regulatory agenda. "President Trump is pushing our economy off a cliff," Warren said, and she warned that the nominees are likely to support policies she argued would weaken consumer protections and make housing and other costs harder for families to afford. "I won't vote to confirm these administration officials when President Trump is strangling our economy to raise prices for families while he lines his own pockets," Warren said.

The committee voted to report the following nominations favorably to the full Senate:

- Andrew Hughes — nominee for deputy secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development; vote tally recorded at 13 in favor and 11 opposed; outcome: reported favorably to the full Senate.

- David Wall — nominee for general counsel of the Department of Housing and Urban Development; vote tally recorded at 13 in favor and 11 opposed; outcome: reported favorably to the full Senate.

- Michelle Bowman — nominee to be vice chair for supervision at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; vote tally recorded at 13 in favor and 11 opposed; outcome: reported favorably to the full Senate.

- John Hurley — nominee to be undersecretary for terrorism and financial crimes at the U.S. Department of the Treasury; vote tally recorded at 14 in favor and 10 opposed; outcome: reported favorably to the full Senate.

- David Fogle — nominee to be assistant secretary of commerce and director general of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service; vote tally recorded at 13 in favor and 11 opposed; outcome: reported favorably to the full Senate.

- Landon Hyde — nominee to be assistant secretary of commerce; vote tally recorded at 13 in favor and 11 opposed; outcome: reported favorably to the full Senate.

Committee records in the session show many senators cast votes by proxy. The clerk announced the tallies after roll-call calls for each nominee and the chair declared that "the ayes have it" and that the nominations were "ordered reported favorably to the full Senate." The session concluded after the roll-call votes and the chair indicated the meeting was adjourned.

In her remarks, Warren singled out several nominees and policy risks she sees in the administration's agenda. She said Michelle Bowman had "signaled that more Wall Street deregulation is on the way," and argued that nominees bound to the administration's trade and regulatory stance would harm households and small businesses. Warren also raised concerns about HUD nominees and the administration's approach to housing affordability. Those criticisms were part of her opening statement; the committee proceeded to the recorded roll-call votes that produced the outcomes above.

No motions to table or defeat the nominations were sustained during the session; each listed nominee was reported favorably. The committee did not adopt additional legislative measures or set implementation timelines for the nominees; the next step for each nominee is consideration by the full U.S. Senate.