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Senate Energy Committee advances three energy nominees, 11-9; ranking member says he will oppose

5752798 · July 30, 2025
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The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted 11-9 to report three nominees to the full Senate—Lanny Erdos (Interior), Audrey Robertson (DOE, EERE) and Timothy Walsh (DOE, Environmental Management)—after the panel heard their nominations and recorded a partisan split led by Ranking Member Sen. Martin Heinrich.

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted 11-9 on each nomination to report to the full Senate the nominations of Lanny Erdos to lead the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement at the Department of the Interior, Audrey Robertson to be assistant secretary of energy for energy efficiency and renewable energy at the Department of Energy, and Timothy Walsh to be assistant secretary of energy for environmental management at DOE. The committee also noted that David Eisner asked for his nomination for assistant secretary of energy to be withdrawn and was not voted on.

Committee chairman Sen. Mike Lee said the panel had received timely…

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