Votes on Nominations of Andrea Travnicek, Leslie Beyer, Theodore Garrish, and Tristan Abbey

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