Energy secretary signals reversal of some cuts to national labs

Energy Secretary Grilled by Senate Panel Over Funding Clawbacks

Energy Secretary Chris Wright justified the termination of 24 energy projects that had been allocated $3.7 billion by Congress, during a Senate panel on June 18. Wright said the clawbacks were the first round of scrutiny by a newly created review board in the Department of Energy (DOE) that is probing 500 authorized ventures set to receive $300 billion in funding through 2032. “DOE is undertaking a thorough review of financial assistance that id…

Energy secretary signals reversal of some cuts to national labs

Energy Secretary Chris Wright told senators Wednesday that he’s “keen” on restoring some funding to the agency’s national laboratories, which are staring down billions of dollars in cuts. Multiple lawmakers on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee shared their concerns with Wright during a DOE budget hearing about the proposed $2.75 billion cut to the national labs in the White House’s fiscal 2026 proposal, saying it undercuts his of…

Senator Heinrich Slams Trump Energy Department Budget Request and Mismanagement

FROM THE OFFICE OF SEN. MARTIN HEINRICHIn his opening statement, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member on the U.S. Energy and Natural Resources Committee, grilled the U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright over the Trump Administration’s Fiscal Year 2026 (FY 26) budget request for the Department of Energy, which guts funding for energy programs that ensure Americans have access to affordable, domestic sources of energy …

EnergySec grilled on cutting national lab funding, says ‘open’ to expanding - ExchangeMonitor

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee expressed their disapproval Wednesday to Secretary of Energy Chris Wright on a proposed 11% cut in the Department of Energy’s budget for the labs. “I love the national labs, they deliver tremendous value to us in our history, and they will in the future,” Wright said when asked about the cuts by Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska). “I’m actually very open to expanding the…