Energy Nominee Wright Vows to ‘Unleash’ Expansion

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Donald Trump’s choice for Energy secretary said the U.S. must remove bureaucratic barriers and “unleash” production of nuclear power as well as liquefied natural gas, according to written testimony before his Senate confirmation hearing on Jan. 15.

“The security of our nation begins with energy,” Chris Wright said in remarks prepared for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. “Previous administrations have viewed energy as a liability instead of the immense national asset that it is.”

Wright, the founder of Liberty Energy Inc., an oil a…