Spending bill ignores Trump’s energy priorities

Published May 1, 2017 5:42pm ET



The Senate introduced a bipartisan energy and water appropriations bill Monday that flies in the face of some of President Trump proposed budget priorities, such as killing off the Energy Department’s advanced energy research agency, known as ARPA-E.

“This bill demonstrates our commitment to building and maintaining our nation’s water infrastructure, to driving forward basic energy research in the Office of Science and high-impact research at ARPA-E, and to strengthening our national security by maintaining our nuclear weapons stockpile,” said Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., the chairman of the Appropriation Committee’s energy and water panel.

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