Budget & Policy

Top appropriator Fleischmann trying to negotiate with Senate on budget’s civilian nuclear power

By Photo of Sarah Salem

WASHINGTON — Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.), chair of the energy and water appropriations subcommittee, told the Exchange Monitor Tuesday that he put “unique and robust funding” for nuclear power in the House budget proposal that passed that evening.
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