A Senate committee advanced five Trump administration nominees to the full Senate on Oct. 5, 2025, voting to report them favorably after brief opening remarks from the panel’s ranking member. The committee moved all five nominations by roll-call votes and announced the results to members.

The committee’s ranking member opened the meeting with criticism of the administration and specific nominees. The ranking member said, "President Trump campaigned on bringing down cost for American families. And right now, that is a big fat broken promise that is hanging over Americans' heads." The ranking member also objected to the nomination of the person who would oversee enforcement of housing anti-discrimination laws, saying the nominee "has denied the existence of discrimination" in housing and "refused to acknowledge that [sexual] orientation is a protected class in housing," and added that the nominee "is being sued by the NAACP and other civil rights groups" for actions while at the Department of Education. The ranking member concluded, "I will be voting no on these nominees."

After the opening remarks, the chairman called a series of roll-call votes. The committee moved to a roll-call vote for Ben DiMarzio to be an assistant secretary at the Department of Housing and Urban Development; the clerk called the roll and the chairman announced, "The ayes have it. The nominations hereby reported favorably to the full Senate." The committee then voted on Craig Trainer for assistant secretary at HUD; the clerk reported the tally as "13 in favor and 11 opposed." John Yovanovitch was reported favorably with a recorded tally of "19 in favor and 5 opposed." Francis Brook and David Peters were each reported favorably, with the clerk announcing both votes as "13 in favor and 11 opposed." The chairman stated after each vote that the nominations were "ordered reported favorably to the full Senate."

The meeting record shows a mix of recorded "ayes" and "nos," including a number of "no by proxy" votes during several roll calls. No additional debate or amendment of the nominations was recorded in the transcript; most of the proceeding after the ranking member's remarks consisted of calling roll and announcing votes. At the close of the session the chairman asked whether any members wished to make statements; none were recorded, and the meeting was adjourned.

The reported nominations now move to the full Senate for consideration. The transcript does not record the nominees’ responses, any committee hearings prior to the roll call in this excerpt, or the full roll-call vote lists for every nomination; where the clerk announced a tally, that figure is reported above.