The Senate Banking Committee delayed a confirmation vote for Jeffrey Ledbetter, President Donald Trump's nominee for Department of Housing and Urban Development inspector general, on July 23, 2026, following concerns over FBI background checks.
Ranking member Elizabeth Warren requested a closed session during the morning hearing, citing unresolved questions from an FBI briefing on the nominees.
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"We should put off this markup until we have confidence that the FBI has run down all the answers," Warren said.
She added that all committee members, both Democrats and Republicans, deserve to be fully informed before voting.
Lawmakers voted 12-10 to enter a private session to evaluate personnel records.
After the closed-door meeting, the committee reconvened and advanced Council of Economic Advisers nominee Christopher Phelan and National Credit Union Administration nominee John Crews via 13-11 partisan votes.
Ledbetter was not mentioned or voted on.
White House spokesperson Davis Ingle said, "The White House expects all of President Trump's well-qualified nominees to be swiftly confirmed."
Ledbetter was nominated in April after spending over 30 years with the Army's Criminal Investigation Division and serving as a supervisory special agent in the Defense Department's inspector general office.
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During the same session, the panel held a confirmation hearing for Brian Johnson, Trump's nominee to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Johnson faced heavy questioning from Democrats about potential staff cuts and decisions by acting leadership to drop enforcement cases against corporate donors.
