Murkowski to use August work extension to approve energy nominees

Published July 20, 2017 3:05pm ET



Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairwoman Lisa Murkowski will use the delay in the August congressional recess to move as many of President Trump’s energy nominees as possible through to confirmation.

The Alaska Republican made the comments Thursday while holding a hearing to consider six nominees to serve the Energy and Interior departments, noting that confirming Trump’s nominees is taking longer than expected.

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