Done an excellent job as second in command to secretary perry. So we welcome you back to the committee. Its good to have discussion with you last week. I want to thank you really want to thank you for all youve done at the department, for your willingness to serve to this point, and for your willingness to step up in this new and higher capacity. Weve got our colleagues here this morning to introduce the deputy secretary, both texas and louisiana are well represented. Mr. Deputy secretary, you should feel very welcome by having these gentlemen next to you. So we will start with senator cassidy up here at the dais followed by senators cruz and kennedy to introduce the deputy secretary this morning. So senator cassidy, if you would like to proceed. We do have a full complement here this morning and a full house behind you. Hopefully the introductions do not consume our full morning, but we certainly welcome all the good comments. So senator cassidy. Madam chair, what a wonderful way to t
He currently is serving as the deputy secretary of energy, and i am certainly one who believes that you have done an excellent job as second in command to secretary perry. So we welcome you back to the committee. Its good to have discussion with you last week. I want to thank you really want to thank you for all youve done at the department, for your willingness to serve to this point, and for your willingness to step up in this new and higher capacity. Weve got our colleagues here this morning to introduce the deputy secretary, both texas and louisiana are well represented. Mr. Deputy secretary, you should feel very welcome by having these gentlemen next to you. So we will start with senator cassidy up here at the dais followed by senators cruz and kennedy to introduce the deputy secretary this morning. So senator cassidy, if you would like to proceed. We do have a full complement here this morning and a full house behind you. Hopefully the introductions do not consume our full mornin
His resignation. This is two hours. Good morning. The committee will come to order. We are here to consider the nomination of Dan Brouillette. I am one who believes that you have done an excellent job as secondincommand to secretary perry. We welcome you back to the committee. It is good to have discussion with you. I want to thank you for all you have done at the department. For your willingness to serve at this point. And to step up in this new and higher capacity. We have our colleagues here today this morning to introduce the deputy area secretary. Texas and louisiana are well represented. Feel very welcome here. By having these gentlemen the two you. We will start with senator cassidy. Followed by senator cruz and senator kennedy. To introduce the deputy area secretary this morning. We do have a full complement here this morning. We welcome all of the good comments. What a wonderful way to tell me to be brief. He is eminently qualified. The United States leads the world in all kin
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