The Senate is moving to fill out lower-level openings at the nation’s top energy and environment departments after confirming President Donald Trump’s Cabinet.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has moved to wind down debate on Interior Department deputy secretary nominee Katharine MacGregor and Department of Energy deputy pick James Danly. That means votes on them are imminent.
MacGregor would reprise her role from the first Trump administration. Danly chaired the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission during Trump’s first term.
“We’re going to have a lot more nominees coming out of committee. And I want to make it very clear that we’re going to process those nominees in a timely fashion,” Thune said during recent remarks, apparently referring to Democratic delay tactics.
