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Tennessee Valley Authority nominee Lee Beeman defends record and vows to uphold TVA's public role as senators press on ethics and 2020 letter
Summary
Lee Beeman, President Trump’s nominee to the TVA board, told senators he would protect TVA’s public power mission but faced sustained questioning about past political activity, a 2020 letter about electors, tenant relationships and holdings; he pledged to divest specified stocks and to provide additional details requested for the record.
Lee Beeman, nominated to the Tennessee Valley Authority board, emphasized his decades-long private-sector career, philanthropic donations and civic service while repeatedly assuring senators he would support TVA’s public power model and oppose privatization.
During questioning, senators pressed Beeman on several controversy points raised in the hearing: his role as campaign treasurer for Representative Andy Ogles in 2022, alleged Office of Congressional Ethics findings related to Ogles, a December 2020 letter Beeman signed urging alternate electors, the presence of tenants in his Capitol Hill property and statements attributed to Pastor Steve Berger who accompanied him to the hearing.
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