Failed Biden nominee quietly appointed to top role overseeing war on household appliances
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The Biden administration quietly placed an official who failed Senate confirmation in a role that gives him effective leadership of the agency he was nominated to lead.
While Marootian's nomination failed after Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., opposed him over the Biden administration's crackdown on natural gas-powered stovetops, his appointment last week makes him the effective chief of the DOE's EERE office. Thomas Catenacci is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
President Biden has yet to nominate another person to be Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, meaning Marootian, whose new position doesn't require Senate confirmation, is the most senior official in the EERE office. The office is tasked with issuing and implementing energy efficiency regulations such as those affecting gas stoves and other home appliances.
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