President Donald Trump’s nominee to be second-in-command at the Department of Energy presented an unclear picture Wednesday of how much he would fight to make sure climate money approved by Congress keeps flowing.
James Danly — a former Federal Energy Regulatory Commission member — told lawmakers he would follow the law when considering whether to issue grants.
“I don’t know what the plans are, if there are, in fact, plans [to cut funding], but I absolutely commit to following the law,” Danly told the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
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On his first day in office, Trump moved to halt funding for things that don’t align with his administration’s priorities. And the Department of Energy is mulling cuts to a number of programs.
