Energy and Natural Resources panel sends nominations to full Senate

The US Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted on Sept. 18 to forward five Trump administration nominations to positions in the Departments of Interior and Energy, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to the full Senate for consideration. The nominees are:

Nick Snow

Sept. 20, 2017

• Joseph Balash to be assistant Interior secretary for land and minerals management.

• Richard Glick and Kevin McIntyre to be Federal Energy Regulatory Commission members.

• David Jonas to be general counsel at DOE.

• Ryan Nelson to be Interior solicitor.

The committee favorably reported Balash, Nelson, McIntyre, and Glick by voice vote, and Jonas by a 14-9 vote.

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Nick Snow

NICK SNOW covered oil and gas in Washington for more than 30 years. He worked in several capacities for The Oil Daily and was founding editor of Petroleum Finance Week before joining OGJ as its Washington correspondent in September 2005 and becoming its full-time Washington editor in October 2007. He retired from OGJ in January 2020.