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February 3, 2025
Chattanooga, TN – Congressman Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03), Chairman of Energy and Water Appropriations, released the following statement after being reappointed to the Energy Subcommittee of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (SST).
January 30, 2025

U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03), current Chairman of Energy and Water Appropriations, has been selected to serve a second consecutive term as chairman of Energy and Water Appropriations.

January 28, 2025

U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann has been selected to serve a second consecutive term as Chairman of Energy and Water Appropriations.

January 28, 2025

Chattanooga, TN – U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03), current Chairman of Energy and Water Appropriations, released the following statement after being selected to serve a second consecutive term as Chairman of Energy and Water Appropriations.

January 17, 2025

The Tennessee Valley Authority, in collaboration with a coalition of utilities, industry leaders and state officials, is spearheading efforts to accelerate what may be the nation's first commercial small modular reactor.

The initiative announced Friday aims to secure an $800 million grant from the Department of Energy, primarily to expedite the construction of an SMR project at TVA’s Clinch River Nuclear Site in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

January 16, 2025

Washington, DC – Congressman Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03), Chairman of Energy and Water Appropriations, released the following statement strongly supporting President Donald J. Trump’s nominee to be Secretary of the Department of Energy (DOE), Chris Wright, after his confirmation hearing in the Senate.

January 7, 2025

A top appropriator is launching a broad bipartisan energy caucus as the Republican trifecta in Washington plans to focus on the issue.

Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) said Monday he filed paperwork to form a new congressional caucus to cover “all-of-the-above” energy policy.

“My focus is going to be energy, energy, energy,” said Fleischmann, Chair of the House Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee. “My goal is to get as much bipartisan and bicameral support and buy-in so we get success.”

November 25, 2024
Energy and Water Appropriations Chairman Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03) applauded the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) approval for Kairos Power to build the Hermes 2 Demonstration Plant with two new nuclear reactors in Oak Ridge at the Heritage Center Industrial Park.
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Energy and Water Chairman Chuck Fleischmann presides over passages of the Fiscal Year 2025 Energy and Water Appropriations bill.
July 9, 2024
Washington, D.C. – Today, the full House Committee on Appropriations met to consider Energy and Water Chairman Chuck Fleischmann’s (TN-03) Fiscal Year 2025 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies appropriations bill. The committee passed Chairman Fleischmann’s FY25 Energy and Water bill, a critical next step before the full House can vote to enact Chairman Fleischmann’s Energy and Water bill into law.
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Chairman Fleischmann at the Fiscal Year 2025 Energy and Water Development Subcommittee Markup. The Subcommittee voted to pass the FY25 Energy and Water bill that was written by Congressman Fleischmann.
June 28, 2024
Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03), Chairman of the House Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Subcommittee, held a subcommittee markup to consider the Fiscal Year 2025 Energy and Water bill. The subcommittee approved the bill, a critical step towards enacting Chairman Fleischmann’s bill into law.