Senate Floor Today

Elizabeth L. Branch, of Georgia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, vice Frank M. Hull, retired. (02/15/2018 legislative day)

Russell Vought, of Virginia, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget, vice Brian C. Deese. (02/15/2018 legislative day)

Karen Gren Scholer, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, vice Jorge A. Solis, retired. (02/15/2018 legislative day)

Tilman Eugene Self III, of Georgia, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia, vice C. Ashley Royal, retired. (02/15/2018 legislative day)

Terry A. Doughty, of Louisiana, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, vice Robert G. James, retired. (02/15/2018 legislative day)

Peter Hendrick Vrooman, of New York, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Rwanda. (02/15/2018 legislative day)

Thomas E. Ayres, of Pennsylvania, to be General Counsel of the Department of the Air Force, vice Gordon O. Tanner. (02/15/2018 legislative day)

John H. Gibson II, of Texas, to be Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense. (New Position) (02/15/2018 legislative day)

John Henderson, of South Dakota, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, vice Miranda A. A. Ballentine, resigned. (02/15/2018 legislative day)

John Marshall Mitnick, of Virginia, to be General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, vice Stevan Eaton Bunnell. (02/15/2018 legislative day)

John C. Demers, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice John P. Carlin, resigned. (02/15/2018 legislative day)

Norman Euell Arflack, of Kentucky, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Kentucky for the term of four years, vice Parker Loren Carl, term expired. (02/15/2018 legislative day)

Michael T. Baylous, of West Virginia, to be United States Marshal for the Southern District of West Virginia for the term of four years, vice John Dale Foster, term expired. (02/15/2018 legislative day)

David G. Jolley, of Tennessee, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Tennessee for the term of four years, vice James Thomas Fowler, retired. (02/15/2018 legislative day)

Daniel R. McKittrick, of Mississippi, to be United States Marshal for the Northern District of Mississippi for the term of four years, vice Dennis J. Erby, term expired. (02/15/2018 legislative day)

Neil Jacobs, of North Carolina, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, vice Manson K. Brown, resigned. (02/15/2018 legislative day)

Thomas M. Griffin, Jr., of South Carolina, to be United States Marshal for the District of South Carolina for the term of four years, vice Kelvin Corneilius Washington, term expired. (02/15/2018 legislative day)

Melissa F. Burnison, of Kentucky, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs), vice Bradley Crowell. (02/15/2018 legislative day)

Ted G. Kamatchus, of Iowa, to be United States Marshal for the Southern District of Iowa for the term of four years, vice Michael Robert Bladel, term expired. (02/15/2018 legislative day)

Michael D. Griffin, of Alabama, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. (New Position) (02/15/2018 legislative day)