WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto issued the following press release:
The letter follows an admission from the Trump Administration that the decision to cancel energy project grants in states that did not vote for Trump was "based solely" on politics
Washington, D.C. -U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and 36 of her colleagues joined a letter led by U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) demanding that U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought restore funding for the 223 energy projects canceled in October 2025.
This month, the Trump Administration admitted that these energy grants were canceled because the projects we...