Erica Schwartz, of Florida, to be Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, vice Susan Monarez.
Position and Nominee
1 position with 1 nominee
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Organization: Department of Health and Human Services
Nominee:
Erica Schwartz
State: FL
Confirmation Timeline
Track the nomination's progress through the Senate
Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 44. Record Vote Number: 220.
August 5, 2026
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Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 44. Record Vote Number: 220.
August 5, 2026
Considered by Senate.
August 5, 2026
Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 43. Record Vote Number: 219.
August 5, 2026
By unanimous consent agreement, mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII waived.
August 5, 2026
Cloture motion presented in Senate.
August 3, 2026
Motion to proceed to executive session to consideration of nomination agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
August 3, 2026
Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 910. Subject to nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.
July 30, 2026
Reported by Senator Cassidy, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, without printed report.
July 30, 2026
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported favorably.
July 30, 2026
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
July 15, 2026
Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
April 21, 2026