Chairman Chuck Fleischmann Hosts Secretary Chris Wright for the FY27 DOE Budget Hearing

Washington, DC - U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03), Chairman of the Energy and Water Appropriations Committee, lead a hearing to discuss the Department of Energy's funding for the 2027 fiscal year.

"As Chairman of the Energy and Water Appropriations, it has been an honor to work with Secretary Wright to deliver the agenda the American people demanded of us. I am working with my colleagues to support the aggressive pace of the Administration to do just that, whether it's unleashing our energy abundance or revolutionizing scientific discovery with artificial intelligence through the Genesis Mission," Rep. Fleischmann. "I am encouraged by the Department's continued focus on critical research areas, including high performance computing, artificial intelligence, quantum information science, nuclear energy, and critical minerals. I am particularly pleased to see that the Secretary appropriately places nuclear at the forefront of achieving American energy dominance. Finally, I fully support the continued strong investments in NNSA to sustain and modernize our nuclear arsenal. Our nuclear deterrent remains indispensable to U.S. national defense"

In November, President Trump issued an executive order launching the Genesis Mission, an ambitious effort to advance discovery science, enhance our national security, and accelerate new energy technologies through the use of an artificial intelligence platform that brings together the National Labs and industry collaborators and leverages the Department's high-performance computing, quantum systems, and artificial intelligence expertise.