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Senate committee approves Biden energy secretary nominee Jennifer Granholm

By Josh Siegel

Published February 3, 2021 3:54pm ET

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Senate committee approves Biden energy secretary nominee Jennifer Granholm — Jennifer Granholm is planning to primarily focus the Energy Department on promoting the development of electric vehicles and other clean energy technologies as a way to revive the U.S. manufacturing base and create new jobs. | (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved President Biden’s nominee for energy secretary, Jennifer Granholm, in a bipartisan 13-4 vote this morning.

Some Republicans though, including the incoming ranking member John Barrasso of Wyoming, did not vote for Granholm despite saying nice things about her qualifications and policy positions, citing the Biden administration’s early actions opposing fossil fuel development and the Keystone XL pipeline.

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