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Senate Banking Committee reports four Trump nominees to full Senate after divided roll calls
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Summary
In an executive session the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs voted to report four presidential nominees to the full Senate: Paul Atkins for SEC chair and Jonathan Gould for comptroller of the currency passed by 13–11, Luke Pettit was reported favorably (tally not specified in the transcript), and Marcus Molinaro was approved 20–4.
The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs met in executive session and voted to report four presidential nominees to the full Senate: Paul Atkins to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission, Jonathan Gould for comptroller of the currency, Luke Pettit for assistant secretary of the treasury for financial institutions, and Marcus Molinaro for administrator of the Federal Transit Administration.
The committee’s chair opened the session, saying the panel “has the opportunity to confirm 4 remarkable individuals who have the experience, leadership, and commitment needed to restore economic growth and financial stability.” The chair listed each nominee by name and outlined expected priorities, including promoting capital formation and clarifying rules for digital assets for the SEC and restoring stability at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
The ranking member offered a forceful rebuttal, saying, “The Trump administration is working to tear our federal government apart,” and criticized the administration’s recent layoffs at health agencies and the records of some nominees. The ranking member said they would not support confirmations while the administration was “actively destroying these agencies.”
The committee proceeded to a series of roll-call votes. The clerk announced that the vote for Paul Atkins was 13 in favor and 11 opposed; the chair declared Atkins’s nomination reported favorably to the full Senate. The subsequent roll call on Jonathan Gould produced an identical announced tally, 13 in favor and 11 opposed, and Gould’s nomination was likewise reported favorably.
The transcript records a roll call for Luke Pettit; individual aye/no responses appear in the record, but the transcript does not include a clear final tally for that vote. The chair nonetheless announced that the nominations were reported favorably to the full Senate.
On Marcus Molinaro’s nomination to lead the Federal Transit Administration, the clerk announced the vote was 20 in favor and 4 opposed. The chair said, “The ayes have it,” and that the nominations were reported favorably to the full Senate. The committee then asked if any members wished to make statements; none did, and the executive session was adjourned.
Next steps: each nomination is now reported to the full Senate for consideration; the committee did not record further statements or amendments in the provided transcript.
