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Senate energy committee hears nominees on NEPA, ARPA‑E priorities and USGS data funding
Summary
Four presidential nominees testified before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Senators questioned the nominees about NEPA litigation, ARPA‑E's portfolio and proposed budget cuts, and potential USGS reductions to scientific data and mapping programs.
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee heard testimony from four presidential nominees — Jonathan Brightbill for general counsel at the Department of Energy, Tina Pierce for chief financial officer at DOE, Connor Prochaska for director of ARPA‑E, and Dr. Ned Mamula for director of the U.S. Geological Survey — and pressed them on NEPA implementation, ARPA‑E priorities and the future of USGS data programs.
The nominees delivered opening statements summarizing their backgrounds: Brightbill described prior DOJ Environment and Natural Resources Division leadership and private-practice experience; Pierce recounted federal financial-management roles including as deputy DOD CFO; Prochaska described prior roles at DOE and ARPA‑E and his work on commercialization; Mamula emphasized a career in energy and mineral exploration and the USGS mission of geologic mapping.
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