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Senate Floor Activity - Tuesday, July 14, 2026

The President pro tempore called the Senate to order at 10 a.m., the Chaplain offered a prayer, and the President pro tempore led the Senate in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America.

The Journal

Pursuant to the order of yesterday, the Journal of the proceedings of the Senate was deemed approved to date.

Certain Procedures Dispensed With

Pursuant to the order of yesterday, the morning hour being deemed expired, and the times for the recognition of the two leaders being reserved.

Transaction of Morning Business

The following transactions of morning business occurred on today.

Legislative Business (Tuesday, July 14)

S. 2120 (Sen. Cassidy): A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2026 through 2030, and for other purposes.
-- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent.
-- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

S. 4784 (Sen. Wicker): An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
-- Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 50 - 46. Record Vote Number: 195
-- Motion by Senator Thune to reconsider the vote by which cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure was not invoked (Record Vote No. 195) entered in Senate.
-- Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate.

S.Res. 742 (Sen. Hirono): A resolution commemorating the 70th anniversary of the United States Forest Service Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry.
-- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry discharged by Unanimous Consent.
-- Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

S.Res. 798 (Sen. Daines): A resolution designating June 2026 as "Great Outdoors Month".
-- Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
-- Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

S.Res. 803 (Sen. Budd): A resolution congratulating the 2025-2026 Carolina Hurricanes for winning the Stanley Cup.
-- Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

Executive Business (Tuesday, July 14)

PN622-4: Rear Adm. (lh) Russell E. Dash, in the Coast Guard, to be Rear Admiral
-- Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.

PN622-6: Rear Adm. (lh) Michael E. Campbell, in the Coast Guard, to be Rear Admiral
-- Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.

PN658-3: 6 nominations in the Coast Guard beginning with Capt. Matthew T. Brown and ending with Capt. Torrence B. Wilson
-- Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.

PN848: Joanna K. Hiigel, in the Coast Guard, to be Rear Admiral
-- Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.

PN849: 2 nominations in the Coast Guard beginning with Ronzelle L. Green and ending with Tabitha A. Schiro
-- Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.

PN851-8: Kara Marie Westercamp, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of International Trade
-- Motion to proceed to executive session to consideration of nomination agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
-- Cloture motion presented in Senate.

PN876: 6 nominations in the Coast Guard beginning with Capt. John F. Barresi and ending with Capt. Jacqueline M. Leverich
-- Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.

PN908: Tabitha A. Schiro, in the Coast Guard, to be Rear Admiral (Lower Half)
-- Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.

PN909: Dorothy J. Hernaez, in the Coast Guard, to be Rear Admiral (Lower Half)
-- Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.

PN938-2: Matthew A. Schwartz, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit
-- Considered by Senate.
-- Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 50 - 45. Record Vote Number: 194

Adjournment

Under the authority of the order of today, at 6:34 p.m, the Presiding Officer (Mr. Curtis in the chair) declared the Senate adjourned, under its order of today, until 10 a.m. tomorrow.