The Senate energy committee has scheduled votes Tuesday on President Trump’s nominees to lead the departments of Interior and Energy, while Democrats hold up a vote on his Environmental Protection Agency nominee, the panel announced Monday.
The Energy and Natural Resources Committee scheduled votes for Tuesday morning on the nominations of Rep. Ryan Zinke, the Republican lawmaker from Montana chosen to lead Interior, and former Republican Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who has been nominated to head the Energy Department.
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