Questions for Senators (and Journalists) to Ask Secretary of Energy Nominee Chris Wright

Editor’s note: This piece is part of a series presenting questions for Senators and journalists to ask President-elect Trump’s nominees for senior government positions.

The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources will hold its confirmation hearing on Wednesday for Chris Wright, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Energy (DOE).

A fossil fuel executive, Wright is the founder of Liberty Energy, a $3 billion fracking company. He is a staunch supporter of the fracking, oil, and gas industries, a critic of wind and solar energy, and is known as a climate change skeptic. He has never held a government position. As Secretary of Energy, Wright would be tasked with administering U.S. energy policy. Wright would also be responsible for safeguarding the country’s nuclear stockpile, nuclear modernization efforts, maintaining U.S. civil nuclear programs, and running the DOE’s 17 National Laboratories.

We asked leading experts what questions the committee should focus on in Wright’s confirmation hearing on Wednesday, January 15 starting at 10 a.m. A livestream of the hearing will be available here.

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https://www.justsecurity.org/106330/questions-chris-wright-secretary-energy/