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« Reply #450 on: February 04, 2025, 01:14:16 am »
Senate confirms Chris Wright to lead Energy Department

Maydeen Merino  |  February 3, 2025  |  6:36 pm


The Senate confirmed Chris Wright to lead the Department of Energy, where he will play a key role in pursuing the administration’s goals of lowering energy prices and boosting oil production.

Wright, confirmed Monday evening in a 59-38 vote, was the founder and CEO of the oil service firm Liberty Energy. Wright will oversee the nation’s energy infrastructure and use of clean energy technologies. The Trump administration has promised to boost oil production to lower energy prices.

Wright, 59, will also be responsible for ensuring the nation’s electric grid can withstand the growing energy demand from artificial intelligence and data centers.

“Chris Wright understands that affordable, abundant energy is imperative to our national security,” Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) said on the Senate floor on Monday. “We must rebuild trust with the American people and secure our place as the dominant global energy leader.”

Lee chairs the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, where Wright received bipartisan support from its members. Wright received a fairly friendly confirmation hearing last month, where he highlighted his approach to energy policy.

“The only way you can drive down the price of a critical commodity is to grow the supply,” Wright told lawmakers at his confirmation hearing. “I’m 100% committed to growing our electricity grid and our energy production and removing those barriers that are standing in the way.”  .  .  .

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy-and-environment/3309239/senate-confirms-chris-wright-lead-energy-department/
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Re: Live Thread>>Senate Confirmation Hearings
« Reply #451 on: February 04, 2025, 02:54:34 am »
Senate confirms Chris Wright to lead Energy Department

Maydeen Merino  |  February 3, 2025  |  6:36 pm


The Senate confirmed Chris Wright to lead the Department of Energy, where he will play a key role in pursuing the administration’s goals of lowering energy prices and boosting oil production.

Wright, confirmed Monday evening in a 59-38 vote, was the founder and CEO of the oil service firm Liberty Energy. Wright will oversee the nation’s energy infrastructure and use of clean energy technologies. The Trump administration has promised to boost oil production to lower energy prices.

Wright, 59, will also be responsible for ensuring the nation’s electric grid can withstand the growing energy demand from artificial intelligence and data centers.

“Chris Wright understands that affordable, abundant energy is imperative to our national security,” Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) said on the Senate floor on Monday. “We must rebuild trust with the American people and secure our place as the dominant global energy leader.”

Lee chairs the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, where Wright received bipartisan support from its members. Wright received a fairly friendly confirmation hearing last month, where he highlighted his approach to energy policy.

“The only way you can drive down the price of a critical commodity is to grow the supply,” Wright told lawmakers at his confirmation hearing. “I’m 100% committed to growing our electricity grid and our energy production and removing those barriers that are standing in the way.”  .  .  .

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy-and-environment/3309239/senate-confirms-chris-wright-lead-energy-department/
This is the first true energy executive I can recall in this role.  Most if not all have been politicians like Granholm or Perry.

He will dart out of the box with actions as he already knows the problems and ways to mitigate them.

It will be a pleasure to watch, particularly as we have solid Department Heads in Interior and EPA, traditionally the primary opponents to our energy development, whether in oil, gas, coal or nuclear. 

Nuclear will likely be the most pleasant surprise of all.
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Re: Live Thread>>Senate Confirmation Hearings
« Reply #452 on: February 04, 2025, 03:02:16 am »
Any nuclear project will take many years to complete, far longer than Trump will be in office. Like the Keystone pipeline it would get abandoned by the next Democrat administration being a huge economic loss for whomever contracted to build it. The projects are going to have to be shorter term in order to be completed.

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« Reply #453 on: February 04, 2025, 03:10:31 am »
Any nuclear project will take many years to complete, far longer than Trump will be in office. Like the Keystone pipeline it would get abandoned by the next Democrat administration being a huge economic loss for whomever contracted to build it. The projects are going to have to be shorter term in order to be completed.
The glass is not always half empty, you know.

Nuclear is ready to launch and the biggest obstacles are now under the control of people who wish it to succeed, not fail.
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« Reply #454 on: February 04, 2025, 03:17:34 am »
The glass is not always half empty, you know.

Nuclear is ready to launch and the biggest obstacles are now under the control of people who wish it to succeed, not fail.

But it can't be completed in 4 years or even 8 years.

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« Reply #455 on: February 04, 2025, 12:40:32 pm »
But it can't be completed in 4 years or even 8 years.
How long do you believe it will take to dismantle a deep state decades in the making?
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Re: Live Thread>>Senate Confirmation Hearings
« Reply #457 on: February 04, 2025, 04:33:55 pm »
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🚨 HUGE NEWS. @TulsiGabbard has enough Senate Intelligence Committee support to head to the floor! 🇺🇸
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« Reply #458 on: February 04, 2025, 05:57:49 pm »

https://twitter.com/BreitbartNews/status/1886799373788422632

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🚨 HUGE NEWS. @TulsiGabbard has enough Senate Intelligence Committee support to head to the floor! 🇺🇸
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I wonder what the villainous hive of Sen Rats and the RINO holdouts  plan to do now when it comes to voting
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« Reply #460 on: February 04, 2025, 08:24:04 pm »
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« Reply #461 on: February 04, 2025, 08:33:03 pm »
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✅ CONFIRMED: @RepDougCollins
 for VA Secretary. Final vote: 77-23. Big win. That makes 10!

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« Reply #462 on: February 04, 2025, 08:50:45 pm »
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UP NEXT: @PamBondi
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It shouldn't be close.  But rats being rats, will make a show of it.
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« Reply #463 on: February 05, 2025, 12:56:14 am »

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« Reply #464 on: February 05, 2025, 12:57:32 am »
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« Reply #465 on: February 05, 2025, 12:58:13 am »
Fetterman voted for her..
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« Reply #466 on: February 05, 2025, 01:04:45 am »
I suspect Fetterman will vote to confirm Gabbard. I believe he respects the uniform.
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« Reply #469 on: February 05, 2025, 01:07:22 am »
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« Reply #470 on: February 05, 2025, 01:13:43 am »
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« Reply #471 on: February 05, 2025, 01:26:30 am »
The pendulum is swinging the other way. The conservative momentum that we've seen in these first few weeks is pretty incredible.
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« Reply #472 on: February 05, 2025, 02:14:47 am »
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Re: Live Thread>>Senate Confirmation Hearings
« Reply #474 on: February 05, 2025, 02:24:07 am »
Well, there should be a large pile of criminal referrals on her desk come tomorrow... Particularly USAID...