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Regulations pick cruises through confirmation hearing
President Trump's pick to lead the White House regulatory shop talked up cost-benefit analysis and transparency in his Senate confirmation hearing yesterday.
Kelsey Brugger
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Kelsey Brugger previously covered politics, the White House and the Energy Department for Energywire. She joined E&E News in 2018 after working as a reporter in California, where she covered offshore oil, immigration, cannabis and politics for the Santa Barbara Independent. Her work has also appeared in Scientific American and Coastlines. She obtained a bachelor's degree in history from University of California, Santa Barbara.
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