Biden axes nominee overseeing home appliance crackdown after Joe Manchin's opposition
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The White House withdrew Jeff Marootian's name from consideration to lead a Department of Energy office overseeing energy efficiency regulations.
"While I supported Mr. Marootian’s nomination in December, since then the office he’s been nominated to lead has proposed stove efficiency rules that I’ve raised concerns about," Manchin told Fox News Digital in a statement at the time. Thomas Catenacci is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
"While I appreciate that these rules would only apply to new stoves, my view is that it’s part of a broader, administration-wide effort to eliminate fossil fuels," he continued. "For that reason, I’m not comfortable moving forward with Mr. Marootian at this time."
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