GOP Senators Chuck Grassley and John Curtis placed holds on three of President Trump’s Treasury nominees.
Grassley announced he will be placing a hold on Treasury nominees Brian Morrissey, Francis Brooke, and Jonathan McKernan over the department’s plans to implement phase out wind and solar credits.
“Mr. President, today, I placed a hold on three Department of the Treasury nominees. The nominees are Brian Morrissey, Jr., of Virginia, to be General Counsel for the Department of the Treasury; Francis Brooke, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury; and Jonathan McKernan, of Tennessee, to be an Under Secretary of the Treasury,” Grassley said.
“Until I can be certain that such rules and regulations adhere to the law and congressional intent, I intend to continue to object to the consideration of these Treasury nominees,” Grassley said.
Grassley announced in the Congressional Record that he placed holds on 3 of Trump’s Treasury nominees Brian Morrissey, Francis Brooke & Jonathan McKernan over the dept’s plans to implement the phaseout of the wind & solar credits by Aug. 18: “Until I can be certain that such… pic.twitter.com/PCg2gAYTGG
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Politico reported:
Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and John Curtis (R-Utah) have placed holds on three of President Donald Trump’s nominees to the Treasury Department over the implementation of renewable energy tax provisions in Republicans’ sprawling tax and spending law.
The actions follow a so-far unsuccessful effort by a handful of moderate Senate Republicans to meet with the Trump administration to discuss forthcoming Treasury guidance that will determine how strictly to implement the phase-out of tax credits for wind and solar power deployment.
Grassley, who sits on the Senate Finance Committee, recently announced in the Congressional Record that he placed holds on three Treasury nominees: Brian Morrissey to be general counsel, Francis Brooke to be assistant Treasury secretary and Jonathan McKernan, who is nominated to become an undersecretary at the department.
A person familiar with the effort granted anonymity because the move was not made public told POLITICO that Curtis has also placed holds on the same three nominees.
