119th Congress · PN26-10 · Department of Defense
Hung Cao
Where this nomination stands
Confirmed 52–45 (roll call vote 539) · October 1, 2025
- ReceivedMarch 10, 2025
- Sent to committeeMarch 10, 2025
- HearingJune 26, 2025
- Committee voteJuly 9, 2025
- On the Senate calendarJuly 9, 2025
- Senate voteOctober 1, 2025
- ConfirmedOctober 1, 2025
A step is marked when Congress.gov’s record shows it. Not every nomination goes through every step (for example, some are confirmed by voice vote or unanimous consent without a roll call).
Description on the record: Hung Cao, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of the Navy, vice Erik Kristopher Raven, resigned.
Source: Congress.gov PN26-10, record updated November 24, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Record
- Congress.gov nomination PN26-10 ↗
- Machine-readable record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/nomination/119/26-10?format=json- Status wording
- PORKER shows the status from Congress.gov’s latest-action text: “Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 45. Record Vote Number: 539.” (October 1, 2025)
- Last updated by Congress.gov
- November 24, 2025
- Retrieved by PORKER
- October 16, 2026
- Raw copy kept
- nominations-119-2026-10-16-06a5bfe9.jsonl.gz
06a5bfe9db28821cbcaac113aad54acd64a88e02e3f27dd489d814a6a343cc07
Senate votes
Roll calls recorded on this nomination. Both parties are shown the same way, and nothing here is a score.
Cloture vote (a vote to end debate) · October 1, 2025
Yea 52Nay 47Not voting 1
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 0 | 45 | 0 |
| Independent | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Republican | 52 | 1 | 0 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (52)
Nay (47)
Not Voting (1)
Source: Senate roll call vote 538, October 1, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Cloture Motion PN26-10
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 538, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_538- Why this vote is linked here
- The Senate vote record names this nomination number, or Congress.gov lists this roll call number in the nomination’s action line.
Confirmation vote · October 1, 2025
Yea 52Nay 45Not voting 3
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 0 | 42 | 3 |
| Independent | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Republican | 52 | 1 | 0 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (52)
Nay (45)
Not Voting (3)
Source: Senate roll call vote 539, October 1, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Nomination PN26-10
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 539, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_539- Why this vote is linked here
- The Senate vote record names this nomination number, or Congress.gov lists this roll call number in the nomination’s action line.
Committee steps
- Referred To March 10, 2025: Armed Services Committee
- Hearings By (full committee) June 26, 2025: Armed Services Committee
- Markup By July 9, 2025: Armed Services Committee
- Reported By July 9, 2025: Armed Services Committee
Every recorded action
- Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
- Committee on Armed Services. Hearings held.
- Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 275. Subject to nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.
- Reported by Senator Wicker, Committee on Armed Services, without printed report.
- Committee on Armed Services. Ordered to be reported favorably.
- Cloture motion presented in Senate.
- Motion to proceed to executive session to consideration of nomination agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
- Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 45. Record Vote Number: 539.
- Considered by Senate.
- Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 47. Record Vote Number: 538.
- By unanimous consent agreement, mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII waived.
Same rule for every member. Both parties are always shown, and every number links to the bill or member behind it. How we calculate →