The Senate voted on Monday evening in a supervisory way and confirmed fracking executive Christian as an energy secretary.

Senator vote Seven Democratic members and one independent person join the Republican colleagues and check the lights 59 to 38. For the Senate Democratic Party members who supported the lights, Colorado Senate Michael Bennett, John Hicken Rooper, Arizona Senate Ruben Galego, New Humpshire Sen Maggie Hassan, Jeanne Shahen, New Mexico Ben Ray・ Lugian is included. Independent Senator, Angus King, also voted for the nomination of Wright.

Light is the ninth cabinet candidate for Trump to secure confirmation, and compared to former President Joe Biden’s candidate, a more scheduled to secure the president’s candidate. Place on a fast schedule. (Related: The new EPA chief has a message for bureaucrats who want to Stymie of Trump’s agenda from inside)

Despite the delays in the Democratic Party, the Senate confirmed candidates at a faster pace than 2017 and doubled the pace of 2021. pic.twitter.com/NL5NDPLQHD

-The Senate Republican Communication Center (@SRCC) January 31, 2025

Light said on January 15 at the Senate Energy Energy Resource Committee’s confirmation hearing that he would “release American energy at home and overseas.”

“Energy is my life passion, and I was not shy about that fact,” Light said in a statement prepared in a confirmation hearing. “President Trump shares my passion for energy, and if confirmed, I am a bold agenda as an AB as a source of all the safe and reliable US energy. Work without knowing fatigue to implement it as a steward.

“The safety of our country begins with energy,” Light said. “The previous administration has been regarded as responsibility, not an immeasurable domestic asset that energy is so. To compete globally, we have expanded energy production, such as commercial nuclear power and liquefied natural gas. , It is necessary to reduce the cost of energy.

The Senate Large Party Leader John Tune was on the Senator’s floor before the candidate confirmation. I said Light was qualified to lead the Ministry of Energy.

“He has seen what can do to improve human life, pull out people from poverty, and recreate society as a whole,” THUNE said. “He knows it is [energy] One of our most important assets. And he is ready to go to work. “

Wright cleared the Senate Registration Committee during a 15-5 ultra-partic vote.

Light is the founder and CEO of Liberty Energy, a Colorado -based flacking company.

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