the clerk: department of energy, chris wright to be secretary. he presiding officer: the question occurs on the wright nomination. mr. thune: i ask that this vote be ten minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. the clerk: ms. alsobrooks. ms. baldwin. mr. banks. vote: good afternoon everybody i'm proud to be born by sent joined by senator murray and white. now before our very eyes i'm sorry before our very eyes and unelected shadow government is conducting a hostile takeover of the federal government. last friday forcefully gain access to the treasury department the most sensitive information donald trump basically handed doge social security data of every american citizen. donald trump, eight donald trump gave doge access to america's personal tax refund data. he gave doge access to medicare and medicaid benefits, disability payment data, veteran benefit data worse of all we do not know what doge intends to do with this information. if you want to know how a

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so we are going to be working and you're going to be working very hard with chris wright over at energy and we have a lot of land, we have more land than anyone else in the world that has energy under mainly, i call it liquid gold, but many things. he's going to seek it out and help our country become extremely liquid and extremely wealthy again and i don't think it will take too long as he's ready to go. right? he just got approved, as you know, by the senate, so it was pretty good. we want to thank everybody and we want to thank senator thune for moving it along. and if you can give me his commission, we will sign it. thank you very much. and if you'd like to ask a new question of the new secretary. it's a pretty great title, right? >> yes. pres. trump: cabinet member. >> as you heard president trump say, we have to turn the ship around. if interior were a public company, stock would be in the tank. revenue has been declining, the deregulation order which president trump just signed extremely important because we have to shorten the time it takes to build things in america. and not on

secretary wright -- chris wright. thank you for joining us right now. if front of the cameras. >> liz, thanks for having me. liz: president trump says we can balance the trade deficit with japan with oil and gas, imports to them from our stocks. how important is today's announcement? >> oh, i think it's a big deal. japan has been a fantastic ally for us for decades. it's a major energy importer. we are now and under president trump will become a huge energy exporter. it's a win for japan, it's a win for the united states, and it shrinks our trade deficit. liz i have been reading an outfit called world trade online a couple of days ago, and they predicted lng exports would be the top priority in this meeting between the japanese prime minister and president trump. so they were absolutely right. did you know ahead of time that there's going to be this joint venture between the u.s. and japan for alaskan oil and natch -- natural gas, and how do you start building out a pipeline, and how long will that take? >> yeah. of course, we want to make everything ha

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junior and tulsi gabbard facing senate confirmation hearings, the votes are happening today after chris wright was officially confirmed as energy secretary putting trump's confirmed cabinet at nine. everything you need to go commit a majority the conversation kingsley wealth management chief investment officer at fox business contributor, scott martin mr. former champ epa senior counsel samantha davis is here in fox business cheryl casone "mornings with maria" is live right now ♪ ♪'s. >> it's time for the hot topic of hour as president trump appears to talk with xi jinping potentially as soon as today beijing has retaliatory tariffs on the united states begin primary tent after president trump 10% import tariff on china went into effect at midnight last night and china's plan includes a 50% tariff on u.s. coal in liquefied natural gas, 10% on crude oil agricultural machinery and large vehicles and export control on key rare minerals it will also open an antitrust probe into google month after doing the same to nvidia, trump striking deals with both canada and mexico to pause as 25% tariffs for

he is really outstanding and will do a good job with chris wright with department of interior and energynd will have more liquid gold coming out of the ground than anybody has seen before. we'll drive the price down and everyone will follow. he's one of the really important people. great gentleman, was a fantastic governor, by the way. and learned the oil business. i like people that make money. because that means they can help us. and people that have failed, please, sir, he's made too much money and become too successful. they want me to hire people that have totally failed. to run the department of energy. i don't want to do it. but i want to get someone that's so successful and him and chris will be unbelievable, i really believe it. i want to thank you very much for what you've been through. he's gone through a lot but he gave an honest statement and read it and said thank you. but our representatives, benefit klein and jonathan jackson. thank you very much. thank you, fellas. congressman eric burlison and visiting dignitaries from more than 120 countries from the very beginning of

chris wright, ceo of liberty energy, has promised to implement president donald trump's quest for u.sominance. wright says more fossil fuel production could lift americans out of poverty. >>> turning now to that tragic mid-air collision over washington, d.c. salvage crews removed more wreckage from the potomac river on monday and say it will take them several more days to recover the rest of the american airlines commuter plane that impacted with a u.s. army black hawk helicopter on wednesday. investigators say 55 of the 67 victims have now been identified in the deadliest u.s. air disaster since 2001. cbs' kris van cleave has more on the search for clues. >> reporter: crews began lifting pieces of the american airlines regional jet that crashed into the potomac river after wednesday's mid-air collision. among them, the midsection of the plane's mangled and upside down fuselage. one of the plane's engines and a wing, as efforts to continue to recover all 67 crash victims. >> we are positively identified 55 sets of remains. during recovery and salvage operations today, additional human

energy secretary chris wright telling us last hour such concerns are not warranted.nd maybe a little bit stodgy. and we've got some young kids think think young gun management consultants coming in to take a critical look at how things are run. can we do things a little bit more efficiently? are our systems as efficient as they should be? i've heard these rumors. they're like seeing our nuclear secrets or all that. none of that is true at all. they don't have security clearance. >> they don't. >> have anybody's proprietary information. but i know exactly who they are. we have three people in our building run through, checked by our security, and they have access to look around, talk to people and give us some good feedback on how things are going. i think nothing to be worried about here. we showed you that cover of time magazine this morning with elon musk in the oval. when you make yourself one of the centers of this new push for efficiency, you're goingnd up with some coverage like this. >> but this is notable. i mean, the comments are notable from the energy secr

positions or who is going to be nominated, but certainly the nominee for the secretary of energy, chris wright who was testifying last week, he did talk about innovation and technology and how important it is for the department to move forward quickly as it relates to innovation, technology, moving faster. when you align that with the enterprise blueprint, i think a lot about the science and technology side and you did mention some of the accomplishments but maybe you could comment more about the importance of the science and technology infrastructure and workforce going forward as we think about innovation and technology. teresa: absolutely. it is vital. with everything going on with artificial intelligence, quantum computing, machine learning, we have to be at the forefront, we do have the brightest today in our national laboratories, and we must continue to invest to ensure we have the brightest minds and that we are investing in the infrastructure to be able to sustain that. with our science and technology capabilities, we utilize those to design, certify and assess our nuclear deterrent.

don't need to get into the weeds and what it is but to get around a potential filibuster in the chris wrightgy secretary. doug collins the va secretary to be. so, they have to deal with that and get a procedural vote and overcome with that? now if final confirmation votes and finally occurred for rubio, ratcliffe, ratcliff had to get to the process the filibuster process. hegseth they tried to knock out, kristi noem, scott bissett had to go to the same process. sean duffy, he had to go to the same process. lee zeldin didn't he had to go to this same process. and doug burgum had to go through all this in order to get confirmed. this is what the democrat party is doing. so, all these departments of government they say don't cut them, don't change the rules, every person there is essential. no, no, no. but, when it comes to choosing a cabinet secretary they are apparently don't want any. they set will pick them if they are rational and reasonable in other words rational and reasonable people to judge i can go to the whole list the whole conga line of reprobates these democrats have appointed on

senate confirming chris wright a former oil executive to serve as the next secretary of energy. eight democrats voted in favor. he is a vocal supporter of fossil fuels and promoting u.s. energy dominance. the senate teeing up a final boat on pam bondi to lead the justice department. she faced tough questions from democrats but maintained full support from republicans. >> they will pay for that if they attempt to shoot at, take shots at, aggressively approach troops or border patrol agents. we won't stand for it ever. >> dana: cartels targeting border agents in response to president trump's immigration crackdown. tom homan on what comes next. plus canada and mexico both caving to the president's demands on tariffs. will beijing be next to pull back from the brink? crews are pulling the remains of american airlines flight 5342 out of the potomac river. what investigators hope to learn from the wreckage. >> airspace is safe. we should understand as public but demand we can't stand to have these crashes. these are unacceptable. at ameriprise financial, we know our clients are so muc

lee zeldin at the epa, chris wright at energy, the interior secretary doug burgum, who described duringfirmation hearings how the trump administration will do things differently. >> when energy production is restricted in america, it doesn't reduce demand. it shifts productions to countries like russia and iran, whose autocratic leaders not only don't care at all about the environment, but use revenues from energy sales to fund wars against us and our allies. president trump's energy dominance vision will end those wars abroad, make life more affordable for every family in america by driving down inflation. president trump will achieve the goals while championing clean air, clean water, and protecting our beautiful lands. geoff: this raises the question of what it means for president biden's achievement on the inflation reduction act. >> president trump, one of his first actions was an executive order that deals with terminating the green nude deal. that is how he refers to these efforts. that ordered all federal agencies to pause any of the money appropriated under the inflation reduct

also up for vote soon, chris wright for secretary of energy and doug collins to run the rah v.a.t. griff? griff: chad pergram live on the hill, thank you. >>> well, for more on the confirmation hearing, let's bring in today's political panel. with us now, prospective strategies' ryan taylor and the president of corcoran treat group president, brad howard. brian, brad, thank you very much. let's get to that. now, we are going to go into these nominees, but i'm hearing reports just now the dnc is electing their new chairman. the person to lead them forward. and, you know, i think it's no secret that in the blistering november if elections the dnc has really taken its lumps. democrats receiving -- and i'm looks at you, brad, i'm coming to you first -- [laughter] >> yeah. griff: americans view the democrat party unfavorably. you have an emboldened trump, and most of my friends in this city of more than 30 years are pretty deflated about the direction things have gone. so we had on the ballot to lead e the dnc three middle-aged white guys, ben winkler, ken martin and former baltimore

the senate confirmed chris wright as energy secretary this evening in a 59-30 eight vote.he fracking firm executive will be tasked with pursuing the trump administration's plan to boost fossil fuel production. environmental groups opposed the confirmation, saying he downplayed the risks of global warming. at last nights grammy awards, beyonce took home the top prize after four prior efforts came up short. beyonce: i just feel very full and very honored. it's been many, many years. stephanie: the most decorated artist in grammy's history secured her first album of the year award for "cowboy carter" -- her country music album. she's the first black woman to win the award since lauryn hill 26 years ago. rapper kendrick lamar swept both the record and song of the year categories, for his track “not like us.” and chappell roan won for best new artist in what was a competitive field. still to come on the news hour, tamara keith and amy welter break down the latest political headlines. and costume designer paul tazewell discusses his academy award-nominated work on the musical “w

energy sector chris wright did issue a wide ranging department order, it labels energy, quote, the essentialgency is going to change its approach on home appliances, nuclear power, gas exports, return to regular order on lng exports which is big especially for pennsylvania and other states but he also plans to resupply the spr. he said they'll play closer attention to the nuclear stockpile, congressman. what does this mean for texas? obviously the energy industry is crucial for your state? >> it's very crucial. the lng ban, the freeze on lng exports was just ridiculous. i couldn't understand why joe biden did it. well, i do understand many he just doesn't like any type of fossil fuels even though lng is a very safe, very clean, affordable energy. and he stopped all the permitting so we had several people, several large companies that were interested in putting lng export terminals across the coastline of the great state of texas and it stopped, they stopped it. joe biden stopped it, didn't want it. so now that donald trump is has reversed all that, listen, his policy is very, very clear. he

musk's doge was granted access to the energy department's it system yesterday by energy secretary chris wright. this despite objections from people in the department of energy, which controls access to information about u.s. nuclear weapons. i don't know if you worry about nuclear weapons, i don't know i don't know if you worry about the safety of your social security number and your bank account. i mean, everybody has their own, you know, things that keep them up at night, right? do you ever worry about, like, air traffic control, our nation's new transportation secretary, who until a few weeks ago was a weekend host on the fox business channel. he announced today that this crew, operated by elon musk. this is the group to whom he's handing over the national system that we have in the united states for air traffic control. he's letting them, quote, plug in to the system to fix it, because who among us doesn't feel better about having a 19 year old with links to russia and famous criminal hackers? who goes by the online handle big balls, in charge of american air traffic control? anybody want

. >> chris wright. >> judge merchan jinna han marginata. jinna han marginata. joel berg durunda. >> shejaiya shejaiya bora. >> these notes from a soldier killed. really? a snapshot of the mindset inside the hermit kingdom. declarations of loyalty, even tactics on how to fight ukrainian drones, and also the suggestion that their presence here is about helping north korea prepare for war. it's a remarkable insight, but also a reminder of how this biggest land war in europe since the 40s is becoming more global, but also a glimpse of the fear they live under, how they inform on each other. notes from an officer writing a critique of his fellow soldiers. >> to. sara ganim john berman nayib bukele to. >> ukrainians filmed themselves taking dna samples from the dead, which they say prove these were korean. ukraine says up to a third of the 12,000 here are already dead or injured, and more are coming 12 rifle and backpack russia gave the north koreans they are overladen with ammo, he says, but sometimes no body armor or warm clothes and minimal water. >> north korea.

musk's doge was granted access to the energy department's it system yesterday by energy secretary chris wright. this despite objections from people in the department of energy, which controls access to information about u.s. nuclear weapons. i don't know if you worry about nuclear weapons, i don't know i don't know if you worry about the safety of your social security number and your bank account. i mean, everybody has their own, you know, things that keep them up at night, right? do you ever worry about, like, air traffic control, our nation's new transportation secretary, who until a few weeks ago was a weekend host on the fox business channel. he announced today that this crew, operated by elon musk. this is the group to whom he's handing over the national system that we have in the united states for air traffic control. he's letting them, quote, plug in to the system to fix it, because who among us doesn't feel better about having a 19 year old with links to russia and famous criminal hackers? who goes by the online handle big balls, in charge of american air traffic control? anybody want

two members of the cabinet doug burgum and chris wright here or. secretary burke them.e live and can you tell me about the meeting? >> he said no. >> nice try, like it. >> we will try again when the president is here. that we do expect to get president trump and the japanese prime minister here within the next couple of minutes. we are coming off of an administration where three years, joe biden wanted to talk about sell power and our relationship with japan as in a general plaintiff unspoken deterrent against chinese aggression. be expected to hear a little bit about the future of ai. may be north korea, and of course, wants the questions get going, a few about doge, john. >> sandra: i can imagine. i suppose anything can come up. on the federal workers that have agreed to step aside with paid through september, that could come up. apparently, the numbers updated to 65,000. >> yeah, and there are white house officials who think that is a really attractive offer. they say that they are happy that that judge stepped in to give people more time to think about it. maybe the

i said he is really outstanding and will do a job can chris wright, the two of them.hip with interior and energy. he will have more liquid gold coming out of the ground and we'll drive the price down and everything else will follow. he is one of the really important people. he is a very, very great gentleman. was a fantastic governor, by the way. and really did -- sort of learned the oil business as a governor. he made a lot of money, which i like. i like people that make money. that means they can help us. and they always like me to put in people that have failed. they want, please, sir, he has made too much money and he has become too successful. they want me to hire people that have totally failed to run department of energy. somebody that lost all his life, i don't want to do it. i know it sounds like but i want to get somebody so successful. we have to bring the country back and him and chris will be unbelievable, i really believe it. but i want to thank you very much, doug, for what you have gone through. you have gone through a lot but he was easily approved be

. >> the press came in, you signed a commission appointing chris wright to be your next secretary of energy. we have another commission prepared for your signature, sir. this is doug collins to be secretary of the va. doug collins of georgia. >> two very good men. >> okay. >> thank you, sir. >> i see. next up. >> in light. >> of numerous actions taken by a number of bodies of the united nations which exhibited deep anti-american bias, we have an executive order prepared for your attention that would withdraw the united states from the un human rights council, would withdraw the united states from the unrwa, which is a refugee organization, and would also review american involvement in in unesco, which has also exhibited anti-american bias. more generally, the executive order calls for a review of american involvement and funding in the un in light of the wild, disparities in levels of funding among different countries that, as you've expressed previously, is deeply unfair to the united states. >> so i've always felt that the un has tremendous potential. it's not living up to that pot

and they and chris wright they probably will continue with these lawsuits because everybody understands that you just settle and you might get what you want on some other issue and keep trump happy. >> i think that's the problem, because what that says is that they're assuming that he's going to use the levers of government against them if they don't do what he wants, they're assuming that this government corruption is going to work against them. if he if they don't do what he wants. so it's essentially a payoff to donald trump so that they get what they want on the back end under the assumption that this guy is corrupt and he's going to hurt us if we don't. >> did you see this report? this is from the wall street journal. i think it's pretty extraordinary. the fcc, which is now run by a trump loyalist, is requesting that 60 minutes interview as well as part of the review of the skydance merger. but they're not just requesting what aired. they're requesting all of the footage, the the outtakes, the commercial breaks, all of it, and there's explicitly linking it to a deal on a completely

of bipartisan support when it comes to nuclear a power, but that the new administration -- and chris wrightcular -- are particularly bullish about enriching of uranium. and i think that's what the street is holding on to. these small nuclear plays are through the roof today. >> absolutely. in order to fill america's antivision that trump has in place with stargate, you're going to need resources for a.i. to reach their maximum potential. in order to do that, it's a lot of these nuclear names. one of my favorite names is ticker ccj. what they are to nuclear energy is what nvidia is to a.i. compute. they're going to be the energy demand supplier for the next era of energy a demand. so i do believe that it's it's not a matter of if, but when nuclear is going to come into play in the fundamentals for these name, and it takes a couple of years for the plants to get built up. but it's an inevitability, and to discount this is highly offside. this is going to be the nuclear renaissance next decade. charles: it's absolutely amazing. i haddock low, got out too earlf course to low, but shul amazing.

. >> also yesterday, the senate voted to confirm chris wright as secretary of energy.e also narrowly voted to advance pam bondi's nomination to be attorney general to a full chamber vote. joining us now, former communications director for republican senator cory gardner, annaliese keller, we also have jonathan cott. he's a former senior adviser to democratic senator chris. guys, thanks for joining. and elise, i'll start with you. what do you make of the difficulty that cassidy clearly is struggling with here publicly in regards to rfk's nomination? does he ultimately come around? >> you know. >> i think he is ultimately. >> going to come around ali. >> but i think he has a lot on the line here. >> he is. >> up for reelection, which. >> i think should not be. >> lost in this conversation. he has, of course, voted to impeach president donald trump. and that is part of the reason that he's facing a tough primary challenger. he's facing a former congressperson who's running against him. so i think all of that weighs heavy on his mind. but, you know, when you're watching th

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had the great pleasure meeting while we were working on the canada mexico drug war issue, and chris wright in energy. i mean, it's going to be a golden age as the the presit says. that's what i can promise. >> what is a lesson, big picture, that we in this room that american families, that businesses and our trading partner should take away from the last 24 hours? >> trust in trump. he, he, he's earned that trust in trump are you saw what he did with trade policy in the first term. you saw what he did over the last 24-48 hours. this is how he rules as it were. let's, let's remember where it started, dasha. city 5000 americans, i mean, somebody raise, raise your hand if you don't know somebody who hasn't died. everybody in this room knows somebody either close to them or friend or a friend of a friend who has dried, died of drug overdose and probably fentanyl. that's, that's astonishing. and we say no more, no mas, that in going to donald trump. so that's what this particular route is about, is a drug were not a trade war. >> tangentially big picture. what is the goal with the terror strate

and we have chris wright at the department of energy. a man who helped fuel america's fracking revolution that made us the energy powerhouse we are today. make no mistake. the green new deal crowd isn't giving up yet. the second they get the chance they'll be right back at it trying to dismantle our oil and gas industry. that's why i proudly support employ good friend's bill to ensure fracking remains protected no matter who sits in the oval office. madam speaker, we all know that energy securing as i said is national security. i hope my friends realize that. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. huffman: reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from arkansas is recognized. mr. westerman: madam speaker, i yield one minute to the gentlelady from oklahoma, mrs. bice. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from oklahoma is recognized for one minute. mrs. bice: thank you, madam speaker. i'm proud to support h.r. 26, the protecting ameri

also up for confirmation votes soon, chris wright for secretary of energy and dowel doug collins to runhould score bipartisan support. on capitol hill, chad chad pergram, fox news. jon: in washington democrats are looking to make a fresh start after getting weapon is if the -- swept in the 2024 elections. they're voting in minnesota party head ken martin as the new chairman of the democratic national committee. madeleine rivera has more on that. >> reporter: ken martin will have his hands pull as he takes the reins if from outgoing chair jamie harrison. martin won a majority of the dnc's voting members on the first ballot on saturday. he had 100 votes more than his closest competitor, the head of the party in wisconsin. despite the fact that winkler had the backing of former house speaker nancy pelosi, senate minority leader chuck schumer and house minority leader hakeem jeffries. martin will help lead the democratic party forward after losses up and down the ballot in november. martin says the party has the right message, he says they just need to find a way to make sure that message r

president donald trump and secretary of energy chris wright will enunleash american energy by ending policies of climate alone. i and replace by streamlining permits and having realistic regulations. republicans are working to lower energy costs and to provide for all the above energy capabilities including nuclear pow we are such leadership as new commission chairman of the nuclear regulatory commission david wright. this week, house republicans will vote on the protecting energy production act led by congressman pfluger. this bill ensures states maintain control -- control over fracking and energy production. god bless our troops as the global war on terrorism continues. open borders for dictators puts all americans at risk of more 9/11 attacks as warned by the f.b.i. trump is reinstituting existing laws to protect american families with peace through strength. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from michigan seek recognition? >> i seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro t

as secretary of energy chris wright recently testified, quote, strengthening, modernizing, and protecting the electricity grid and other critical infrastructure is a top priority. as such, the committee should consider what steps it can take to facilitate the permitting, planning, and cost allocation of critical transmission lines, including into regional projects. likewise, while many supply chains have recovered since covid, others have not, and there remains a shortage of critical electric grid components necessary to interconnect projects to the grid. the committee should investigate what measures congress can take to facilitate the domestic production of needed transformers, breakers, switch gear, and other components. finally, this committee and others have focused significant attention on the need to timely permit energy projects. and while certain laws may need reform, many projects are also delayed because agencies lack the staff and resources to timely review and permit projects. i would therefore encourage you in the course of this congress to maintain staffing at agencies like

his friend, chris wright, who is a legend in the oil business. they keep telling me he's like a legend. and he is a legend too in a lot of businesses. and we have an amazing group of people working with us. the man behind me became a tremendous success. he was not a wealthy man. he did not start off a wealthy man and he ended up a wealthy man. that is a great talent. and he's willing to sacrifice so much to put it to work for our country. watch the job he does on the interior, but in particular on really making our country very , very wealthy by utilizing it properly. and, at the same time, environmentally. he is very much an environmentalist. he will do it painstakingly good. you just watch what happens. and working with the department of energy, where his compatriot, his friend and considered the most talented man in the oil business, is the head of the department of energy. it is almost like a partnership. it really is a partnership. watch what that does for our country. it will be a fantastic thing to see. thank you very much, everybody. [cha