Senate Committee Advances DOE Nominees
ECA Staff | January 30, 2018
The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources today held a business meeting to advance several of the
White House's nominations at the Department of Energy, according to a Committee press release.
By voice vote, the committee favorably reported Melissa Burnison to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs and Anne White to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental Management (EM-1).
Burnison and White's nominations now head to the Senate floor for a final vote.
The news of White's advancement comes after reports that Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) had placed a hold on he nomination over the Energy
Department's practice of re-selling excess uranium stores on the open market. Barrasso contends that this practice hurts his state's uranium mining
industry.
