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Senate Energy Committee Holds Nomination Hearings for Two Department of Energy Undersecretaries
Summary
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee heard testimony April 17 on the nominations of Preston Wells Griffith III for Undersecretary of Energy and Dr. Dario Gill for Undersecretary for Science; senators questioned nominees on workforce cuts, program funding and DOE priorities but took no vote.
The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on April 17 held a nomination hearing for two Department of Energy undersecretary candidates, Preston Wells Griffith III, nominated to be Undersecretary of Energy, and Dr. Dario Gill, nominated to be Undersecretary for Science. Chairman Mike Lee opened the fourth nomination hearing of the 119th Congress and said one previously scheduled nominee, Kathleen Segama, had been withdrawn from consideration earlier that morning.
The hearing focused on nominees' qualifications and how they would manage principal DOE responsibilities if confirmed: Griffith would oversee applied energy programs and infrastructure-related portfolios; Gill would lead DOE's science portfolio, including the department's 17 national laboratories. "America must lead, not follow in this next era of energy transformation," Griffith said in his opening remarks, and Dr. Gill emphasized the laboratories' role in harnessing AI, quantum computing and fusion research for national advantage.
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