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Senate Commerce Committee reports multiple transportation and maritime nominees favorably
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Summary
The committee favorably reported nominations including Raymond McCormick (Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy) and Daniel Edwards (Assistant Secretary of Transportation), plus a package of Coast Guard promotions; one group of nominees passed by a narrow roll-call after objections to bundling were raised.
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation advanced several nominations during its session, reporting multiple transportation and maritime nominees favorably to the Senate.
Senator Cantwell moved to report PN 73046, the nomination of Raymond McCormick to be Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy; after a roll-call the clerk announced 22 ayes and 6 noes and the nomination was ordered to be reported favorably. Cantwell next moved PN 73022, the nomination of Daniel Edwards to be Assistant Secretary of Transportation; a roll-call produced 21 ayes and 7 noes and that nomination was also ordered reported favorably. The transcript records that Senator Hickenlooper asked to be recorded as "no" on the McCormick nomination and the chair said the record would be corrected to reflect that.
Ranking Member Cantwell moved a block of Coast Guard promotions (PN 6.21, PN 675, PN 676, PN 677, PN 682, PN 697, PN 698 as listed on the record); the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote and the promotions were ordered reported favorably.
Senator Thune moved to report additional nominees in a block — including John Beaulieu to the National Transportation Safety Board, Stephen Haynes to be an assistant secretary of commerce, and Robert Harvey to be a federal maritime commissioner — and the clerk recorded 14 ayes and 13 noes. Several Democrats objected to bundling nominees and said they would have preferred separate consideration and an opportunity to speak individually about the National Transportation Safety Board nominee; Senator Cantwell said she would put material into the record regarding litigation connected to that agency.
Committee members said they would continue to work through nominations when the panel reconvenes with a full quorum.
Votes recorded in the transcript contain transcription errors in wording (e.g., "eyes"/"nose" for "ayes"/"noes"); the tallies above reflect the committee clerk's announced counts as read on the record.
