Trump Will Have to Start Anew on EPA, Interior, Energy Nominees

Nominees for the EPA, Interior, and Energy departments will have to be sent back to the Senate, because the chamber didn’t confirm them before the 115th Congress ended.

President Donald Trump will either have to resubmit the nominees or make new selections.

Several of the nominees who didn’t make it through the Senate had drawn objections from Democrats, who accused them of being too closely aligned with industry to fairly represent their agencies’ interests.

The Senate on Jan. 3 did confirm by voice vote W. Charles “Chad” McIntosh to lead the EPA’s Office of International and Tribal Affairs. The office ...