Overview

• Lamelas appears on the Senate’s executive calendar for Monday, though chamber officials have not guaranteed his nomination will be taken up during the session.
• Republicans approved a 53–45 rules change allowing batches of nominees to be confirmed by simple majority, a process that can move several ambassadors at once but excludes cabinet secretaries and federal judges, including the Supreme Court.
• The Senate Foreign Relations Committee advanced Lamelas’s nomination with a favorable report on July 30 following his July 22 hearing.
• His testimony drew backlash in Argentina after he pledged to support President Javier Milei in the midterms and said he would seek to ensure Cristina Fernández de Kirchner “receives the justice” he believes she deserves, prompting a formal complaint from Kirchnerist lawmakers.
• Lamelas, 66, is a Cuban‑born Florida physician and businessman who founded Now Urgent Care, is a Trump donor, and has personal ties to Milei through meetings at Mar‑a‑Lago.