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Jackson, Ryan[jackson.ryan@epa.gov] POLITICO Pro Energy Whiteboard Wed 10/4/2017 8:19:48 PM Murkowski pressing to have FERC nominees approved this week
By Darius Dixon
10/04/2017 04:17 PM EDT
Sen. Lisa Murkowski is aiming to have President Donald Trump's two pending FERC nominees confirmed before the Senate flies off for its recess at the end of the week.
"I was talking with our leadership today about it. I want to try to get it shook loose before we take a break," the Alaska Republican, who chairs the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, said of the nominees. The Senate is not scheduled to be in session next week.
Kevin McIntyre, Trump's pick to chair the agency, and Rich Glick, who serves as general counsel to energy committee Democrats, were approved by Murkowski's committee on a voice vote last month to become FERC members.
Sen. Maria Cantwell, the top Democrat on the energy committee, has said she was "favorably impressed" by McIntyre who, when confirmed by the full Senate with Glick, will bring FERC's leadership board back to full strength for the first time since late 2015.
WHAT'S NEXT: The Senate is scheduled to be on recess for the week of Columbus Day and is rarely in session on Friday, suggesting that the FERC nominees could be confirmed in the next day or so.
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