Senate confirms Trump will choose Wright to lead the Nuclear Regulation Commission

The Senate confirmed its first candidate of the week before what is expected to be a schedule packed with jams to get through many presidents Donald Trump’s Pick as much as possible.

David A. Wright, Trump’s choice to lead the Nuclear Regulation Commission (NRC) for a five-year term has been confirmed in the upper chamber of 50 39 votes on Monday. Wright was not the first to serve as chairman of the committee, but in his first role that began in 2020.

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Trump had previously tapped Wright during his first term, but chose him again earlier this year to lead the NRC. His new terminology is expected to end in 2030.

The NRC is an independent regulatory body tasked with regulating commercial nuclear power plants, reactor licenses, renewals and other factors related to public health and safety protection with regard to nuclear energy. The Wright confirmation follows Trump’s announcement that the US and the European Union have a trade deal to buy US energy of $750 billion over the next three years.

The committee is independent of other government weapons; Senate Democrats Recent attempts to create regulatory bodies have made them more partisan in their view.

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Earlier this year, Trump signed an executive order. This considered stricter safety standards and reduced the timeline of environmental reviews and four times the country’s nuclear power capacity by 2050.

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Shelley Moore Capit (RW.V.) has argued that Wright has been a member of the committee for the past seven years, first meeting the president’s wishes in 2018 as a member and chairman.

“To achieve this, we are empowered to lead our agency through high expectations to require experienced and highly qualified commissioners,” she said in a statement. “Well, David Wright will meet that Mark.”

Trump then fired a Democrat on the committee last month and fired staff from the president’s Office of Government Efficiency (Doge) reportedly detailed it to regulators by the Department of Energy.

It prompted the senators. Sheldon White Housea top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee warns of the “hostile takeover” of the committee by the Energy Department.

The move hurt what began as bipartisan support for Wright’s nominations. The White House initially supported him, but changed his position.

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“While Chairman Wright wanted this opportunity to rise, the situation at the NRC continues to deteriorate,” he said in a statement. “I can’t support him breathing right now.”

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Still, Wright confirmed it with Senate Republicans. White House After Trump called on the Senate GOP to strike his candidate through a lockdown established by Senate Democrats.

Currently, there are over 140 “civilians” nominations for all positions of federal agencies, ambassadors and judges. The Senate has moved in ferocious clips to confirm candidates for the past six months. Having recorded nearly 100 people so far, the president has called on Senate Republicans to consider canceling the upcoming August break.

Senate majority leader John Tune (Rs.D.) warned that if his colleagues across the aisle continue to slow the supercommittee process due to the majority of remaining “uncontroversial” candidates, or that they are ready to stick around Washington.

“Or they could suppress reflexive anti-Trump sentiment and allow some of his rank and file candidates to proceed with unanimous consent or voice votes — just like Republicans did when roles were reversed,” he said. “And I remind my colleagues of the dangerous and ugly precedent that they’re setting here. But the choices are theirs. But whether it’s slow or fast, we’ve seen President Trump’s candidate.”