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Theodore J. Garrish to Be Assistant Secretary of Energy (Nuclear Energy) · Congress.wiki

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Theodore J. Garrish to Be Assistant Secretary of Energy (Nuclear Energy)

PN22-5

Theodore J. Garrish, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Nuclear Energy), vice Kathryn Huff.

1Nominees

18Actions

0Hearings

1Committees

Progress

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Committee

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Committees

Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesSenate

Senate Vote

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Cloture Motion Rejected (51-48, 3/5 majority required)

51

Yea

48

Nay

0

Present

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Voted on September 17, 2025

Timeline

Received1 year ago (February 3, 2025)

Authority4 months ago (September 18, 2025)

Last ActionSeptember 18, 2025

Action History

FloorSeptember 18, 2025

Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 47. Record Vote Number: 526.

FloorSeptember 18, 2025

Considered by Senate pursuant S. Res. 377, 119th Congress.

FloorSeptember 17, 2025

By unanimous consent agreement, debate pursuant to S. Res. 377, 119th Congress on 9/18/2025.

FloorSeptember 17, 2025

Considered by Senate pursuant S. Res. 377, 119th Congress.

FloorSeptember 17, 2025

Upon reconsideration, cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 47. Record Vote Number: 525.

Nominees

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This nomination is part of a batch. PN22-5 has 28 parts total.

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Committee Meetings

2 meetings related to this nomination

Business meeting to consider the nominations of Andrea Travnicek, of North Dakota, and Leslie Beyer, of Texas, both to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior, and Theodore J. Garrish, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary (Nuclear Energy), and Tristan Abbey, of Florida, to be Administrator of the Energy Information Administration, both of the Department of Energy; to be immediately followed by hearings to examine the nominations of William L. Doffermyre, of Texas, to be Solicitor of the Department of the Interior, and Catherine Jereza, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary (Electricity), and Kyle Haustveit, of Oklahoma, to be an Assistant Secretary (Fossil Energy), both of the Department of Energy.

Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesDirksen Senate Office Building, 366May 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM

Business meeting to consider S.714, to amend the Energy Act of 2020 to include critical materials in the definition of critical mineral, and the nominations of Preston Griffith, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary, and Dario Gil, of New York, to be Under Secretary for Science, both of the Department of Energy; to be immediately followed by hearings to examine the nominations of Leslie Beyer, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary, and Andrea Travnicek, of North Dakota, to be an Assistant Secretary, both of the Department of the Interior, and Theodore J. Garrish, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary (Nuclear Energy), and Tristan Abbey, of Florida, to be Administrator of the Energy Information Administration, both of the Department of Energy.

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

Dirksen Senate Office Building, 366

Apr 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM

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Theodore J. Garrish

Assistant Secretary of Energy (Nuclear Energy) · Department of Energy

Maryland