119th Congress · PN13-13 · Department of Education

Penny Schwinn

Deputy Secretary of Education ·Pending ·Received January 22, 2025

Where this nomination stands

Received message of withdrawal of nomination from the President. · September 3, 2025

ReceivedJanuary 22, 2025
Sent to committeeJanuary 22, 2025
HearingJune 5, 2025
Committee voteJune 26, 2025
On the Senate calendarJune 26, 2025
Senate vote
Outcome

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Description on the record: Penny Schwinn, of Tennessee, to be Deputy Secretary of Education, vice Cynthia Minette Marten, resigned.

Source: Congress.gov PN13-13, record updated August 29, 2026 ↗

Evidence

Record: Congress.gov nomination PN13-13 ↗
Machine-readable record: https://api.congress.gov/v3/nomination/119/13-13?format=json
Status wording: PORKER shows the status from Congress.gov’s latest-action text: “Received message of withdrawal of nomination from the President.” (September 3, 2025)
Last updated by Congress.gov: August 29, 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 January 22, 2025: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Hearings By (full committee) June 5, 2025: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Markup By June 26, 2025: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Reported By June 26, 2025: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

Every recorded action

January 22, 2025Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
June 5, 2025Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-93.
June 26, 2025Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 250. Subject to nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.
June 26, 2025Reported by Senator Cassidy, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, without printed report.
June 26, 2025Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported favorably.
September 3, 2025Received message of withdrawal of nomination from the President.

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