119th Congress · PN1022-21 · Department of Veterans Affairs
Maria Lopez
Where this nomination stands
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. · September 23, 2026
- ReceivedJune 1, 2026
- Sent to committeeJune 1, 2026
- HearingSeptember 23, 2026
- Committee vote
- On the Senate calendar
- Senate vote
- Outcome
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Description on the record: Maria Lopez, of Florida, to be Chairman of the Board of Veterans' Appeals for a term of six years, vice Jaime Areizaga-Soto, resigned.
Evidence
- Record
- Congress.gov nomination PN1022-21 ↗
- Machine-readable record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/nomination/119/1022-21?format=json- Status wording
- PORKER shows the status from Congress.gov’s latest-action text: “Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.” (September 23, 2026)
- Last updated by Congress.gov
- September 24, 2026
- Retrieved by PORKER
- October 16, 2026
- Raw copy kept
- nominations-119-2026-10-16.jsonl.gz
Senate votes
Roll calls recorded on this nomination. Both parties are shown the same way, and nothing here is a score.
No Senate roll call vote is on record for this nomination yet.
Committee steps
- Referred To June 1, 2026: Veterans' Affairs Committee
- Hearings By (full committee) September 23, 2026: Veterans' Affairs Committee
Every recorded action
- Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
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