Senate advances Trump's energy secretary nominee to final confirmation vote
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President Donald Trump's pick to head the Department of Energy, Chris Wright, has advanced to a final confirmation vote in the Senate.
Chris Wright, the CEO and founder of Liberty Energy Inc., an energy industry service provider based in Colorado, was tapped by the 47th president to head the Department of Energy under his administration. Aubrie Spady is a Writer for Fox News Digital.
The Trump nominee has received bipartisan support for his nomination, being introduced by a Democrat, Sen. John Hickenlooper of Colorado, during his confirmation hearing with the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee this month.
The Senate held a late-night cloture vote for Wright, to end discussion over his nomination.
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