The state Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a public hearing on the proposed congressional map on May 20.
The Senate has not confirmed any of the president’s nominees for surgeon general during his second term.
The acting attorney general appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.
The former Democratic congressman was credited with helping author one of the most significant finance bills, the Dodd-Frank Act.
Election analysts with the Cook Political Report rated both races in November as toss-ups.