Senate Commerce Committee advances four nominees, eight bills and Coast Guard promotions

The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee voted to report favorably four executive nominations, eight bipartisan bills and two Coast Guard promotion packages during a markup session, the committee chairman announced. The committee also ordered more than 250 Coast Guard promotions to be reported favorably.

The action advances nominations for David Fink to lead the Federal Railroad Administration; Robert Gleeson to the Amtrak Board of Directors; David Fogel to be assistant secretary of commerce and director general of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service; and Pierre Gentin to be general counsel of the Department of Commerce. Each nomination was approved by the committee on roll-call votes: the nomination of David Fink was reported favorably by a 15–13 vote; Robert Gleeson by 16–12; David Fogel by 15–13; and Pierre Gentin by 15–13. Two Coast Guard promotion packages (PN127 and PN128) were also reported favorably on voice vote.

The committee also agreed to report eight bills favorably by voice vote after debate and cosponsor statements. Those measures include the Household Goods Shipping Consumer Protection Act (S.337), the WIPES Act (S.1092), the Combating Trafficking in Transportation Act (S.1442), the Water Research Optimization Act (S.1523), the North Pacific Research Board Enhancement Act (S.190), the ANCHOR Act (S.318), the NET Act (S.503), and the National Landslide Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2025 (S.1626).

Why it matters: The nominations and bills the committee advanced cover long‑running policy areas…