Senate confirms Trump’s choice to lead the nuclear regulatory committee

The Senate confirmed its first nominees the week before, a timeline expected to be a crowded crowd. Donald Trump’s Choose as much as possible.

David A. Wright is Trump (David A. 39 votes were voted on Monday. This is not the first time Wright has served as chairman of the committee, and has held the position since 2020.

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Trump had previously attacked Wright in his first term and once again chose him to lead the NRC earlier this year. His new term is scheduled to end in 2030.

The NRC is an independent regulatory body that oversees commercial nuclear power plants, reactor licensing and renewals, and other factors related to the protection of public health and safety when it comes to nuclear energy. Wright’s confirmation comes after Trump announced a trade deal between the United States and the European Union that will see US$750 billion in energy over the next three years.

The committee is independent of other departments of the government, but Senate Democrats In recent attempts to make regulators more partisan.

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Dr.I. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse left Senate Democrat lunch on Tuesday, June 13, 2023. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, via Getty Images)

Earlier this year, Trump signed an executive order requiring the agency to consider making its safety standards less stringent, thus shortening the timeline of environmental reviews to four times the capacity of nuclear power by 2050 to 2050: The president seeks to secure all parts of the U.S. energy advantage.

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“To achieve this will require experienced and highly qualified specialists who have the right to lead the agency through high expectations,” she said in a statement. “Well, David Wright encountered this.”

Then, last month, Trump fired a Democratic member of the committee, a staff member of the President’s Department of Efficiency (DogeAccording to reports, detailed introduction from the Ministry of Energy to regulators).

This prompted the senator Sheldon Whitehousethe top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee warned the Department of Energy to “hostile takeover” committee.

The move hurts bipartisan support for Wright’s nomination – Whitehouse initially supported him but changed his position.

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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo is located next to the U.S. flag at a meeting at the NRC headquarters in Rockville, Maryland on Monday, March 21, 2011. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg by Getty Image)

“I want to see Chairman Wright rise, but now the situation in the NRC continues to deteriorate,” he said in a statement. “I can’t support his rebirth at this moment.”

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Nevertheless, Wright’s confirmation is still a Senate Republican and White House Trump calls on Senate Republicans to beat his nominee through a Senate Democrat-crafted lockdown.

Now, there are more than 140 pending “civilian” nominations to involve the entire post of federal agencies, ambassadors and judges. Over the past six months, the Senate has moved in a swift edit to confirm the nominees (they have received nearly 100 so far – the president calls on Senate Republicans to consider canceling the upcoming August break to get more work done.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune warned that if his colleagues cross the aisle and continue to slowly walk the process in the upper room to keep their remaining series of “undisputed” nominees, or ready to stick around Washington.

“Or they can control reflective anti-Trump sentiment and allow some of his prime minister nominees to do it with unanimous consent or voice votes – just as Republicans do when they turn their roles around,” he said. “And I’ll remind my colleagues of the dangerous and ugly precedents they set here. But the choice is theirs. But whether it’s slow or fast paths, we’re confirmed by President Trump’s nominees.”