Chuck Fleischmann
Chuck Fleischmann with Mark Whitney, the acting Assistant Secretary for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management.Rep. Chuck Fleischmann will lead the Nuclear Cleanup Caucus, he announced at a news conference today in Washington, D.C.
The caucus is comprised of lawmakers who have Department of Energy cleanup sites in their districts. Fleischmann is taking over for Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA) who is retiring at the end of this term, according to a news release from Fleischmann’s office.
“It is a great honor to serve as chairman of this important caucus,” Fleischmann said in the release. “It is an absolute necessity that we ensure the success of our nuclear cleanup missions, not only in East Tennessee, but at all cleanup sites throughout our nation.”