Correction: A previous version of this article included Trump nominees who have not been confirmed by the Senate.
The Senate confirmed dozens of President Trump’s nominees on Friday, the final day of session before the upper chamber of Congress broke for August recess.
In a single 51-47 vote, senators voted to confirm a group of 74 executive nominees.
The vote fell along party lines, with GOP Sen. Cynthia Lummis (Wy.) and Mitch McConnell (Ky.) not in attendance.
Here’s what you need to know about three notable nominees confirmed under today’s vote:
FEMA Administrator
The Senate voted to confirm business executive Cameron Hamilton to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) during a turbulent time at the agency.
Hamilton previously served as the acting leader of FEMA at the beginning of Trump’s second term. He was ousted after he contradicted Trump and then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem by saying that the agency should not be eliminated.
Hamilton told lawmakers during his June confirmation hearing that the agency should “seek to strike a new balance to encourage cost reasonableness and cost savings.”
TSA Administrator
David Cummins, a senior vice president of government services contractor Serco, will take the helm at the Transportation Security Administration after he was confirmed by the Senate on Friday.
His appointment comes at a time when the Trump administration is pushing to downsize this federal agency and replace some of its airport services with private contractors. In April, the president proposed cutting over 9,400 workers and around $1.5 billion in funding from TSA.
Cummins outlined his key objectives in this new role in a Friday press release from the agency, including “improving morale” at the agency, implementing new technology at TSA checkpoints, reducing travel wait times and protecting transportation networks from drone and cyber threats.
“TSA will deliver on its role to secure the Golden Age of Travel the Trump administration has ushered in,” Cummins said in a statement. “We do not have to choose between a secure checkpoint, an efficient checkpoint, or an elevated experience.”
Commissioner of Labor Statistics
The Senate approved veteran economist Brett Matsumoto’s nomination as commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Matsumoto first joined the BLS in 2015 and most recently worked on the White House Council of Economic Advisors.
His appointment follows Trump’s dismissal of former BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer last August over unsubstantiated accusations that the long-serving labor economist manipulated an unfavorable July 2025 employment report.
Matsumoto assured lawmakers during his June confirmation hearing that he believed “strongly” in the bureau’s work “to produce objective quality measures.”
“It is important for the public to be confident that decisions at the BLS are being driven by science rather than politics,” he said at the time.
The Hill’s Rachel Frazin contributed reporting.
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