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From the Daily Caller: The Senate, in a bipartisan fashion, voted Monday evening to confirm fracking executive Chris Wright as secretary of Energy.
Senators voted 59 to 38 with seven Democrats and one independent joining their Republican colleagues to confirm Wright. Senate Democrats who supported Wright included Colorado Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego, New Hampshire Sens. Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen and New Mexico Sen. Ben Ray Lújan. Independent Maine Sen. Angus King also voted in favor of Wright’s nomination.
Wright becomes Trump’s ninth cabinet nominee to secure confirmation, placing the president’s nominees on a much faster schedule to securing confirmation when compared to former President Joe Biden’s nominees.
Wright, during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Jan. 15, said he would “unleash American energy at home and abroad.”
The report explains that Wright is the founder and CEO of Liberty Energy, a fracking firm based in Colorado.
U.S. Senate CONFIRMS Christopher Wright to be Secretary of Energy, 59-38. pic.twitter.com/72PohXK5bT
— CSPAN (@cspan) February 4, 2025
Congratulations Secretary of Energy, Chris Wright! 🇺🇸💡 pic.twitter.com/Doglxw7ccR
— GOP (@GOP) February 4, 2025
Despite Democrat delays, the Senate is confirming nominees at a faster pace than 2017 and DOUBLE the pace of 2021. pic.twitter.com/Nl5nDplqhD
— Senate Republican Communications Center (@SRCC) January 31, 2025
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