Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
05/22/2025 at 10:00AM
Business meeting to consider the nominations of
- Julie Hocker, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary for the Office of Disability Employment Policy, Department of Labor
- Wayne Palmer, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health, Department of Labor
- Henry Mack III, of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary for the Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor
- Marco Rajkovich, Jr., of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
- Kirsten Baesler, of North Dakota, to be Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education
- Kevin O’Farrell, of Florida, to be Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical, and Adult Education, Department of Education
- Nicholas Kent, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary, Department of Education
Rajkovich previously served as the chairman for FMSHRC during Trump’s first term. Before joining the commission he was a lawyer in Kentucky and worked for the U.S. Steel Mining Company, Inc.
Palmer was principal deputy assistant secretary at MSHA from December 2017 to January 2021 and the agency’s acting head until David Zatezalo’s confirmation in November 2017. Palmer was most recently a senior advisor in the Department of Labor Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs.