Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
366 Dirksen
05/08/2025 at 09:30AM
Business meeting to vote on nominees. Their nomination hearing took place on April 30th.
Nominees:
- Dr. Andrea Travnicek to be Assistant Secretary of the Interior (Water and Science).
- Leslie Beyer to be Assistant Secretary of the Interior (Lands and Mineral Management).
- Theodore Garrish to be Assistant Secretary of Energy (Nuclear Energy).
- Tristan Abbey to be Administrator of Energy Information Administration of the Department of Energy.
Heinrich announced his support for Travnicek, Beyer, and Garrish.
Travnicek and Beyer:
- aye: Lee, Risch, Daines, Cotton, McCormack, Justice, Cassidy, Hyde-Smith, Murkowski, Hoeven
- aye by proxy: Barrasso
- aye: Heinrich
- aye by proxy: King, Gallego
- no: Cantwell, Hickenlooper, Padilla
- no by proxy: Wyden, Hirono, Cortez Masto
ayes 14 - 6, 11 ayes present.
Garrish: same vote, but Barrasso is present.
Abbey:
- aye: Lee, Barrasso, Risch, Daines, Cotton, McCormack, Justice, Cassidy, Hyde-Smith, Murkowski, Hoeven
- aye by proxy: King
- no: Heinrich, Cantwell, Hickenlooper, Padilla, Cortez Masto
- no by proxy: Wyden, Hirono, Gallego
ayes 12-8