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Nuclear Modernization

Hearing on Nuclear Weapons, Waste Budgets Canceled Amid Voting ‘Circus’ on House Floor

Thursday, May 12th, 2022

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Hearing on Nuclear Weapons, Waste Budgets Canceled Amid Voting ‘Circus’ on House Floor

The House Appropriations subcommittee in charge of writing the first draft of the Department of Energy’s annual budget called off a Wednesday hearing with the agency’s top nuclear weapons and waste leaders minutes into the proceedings. The hearing got no further than opening statements and a few questions from Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), the chair, and Ranking Member Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) before Kaptur pulled the plug, citing a long series of votes on the House floor. “You’re more important than…

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