WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Chairman Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following opening statement from a Dec. 3, 2025, confirmation hearing for Lee Beaman to be a board member of the Tennessee Valley Authority, and Douglas Weaver to be a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission: * * * "Today, we will consider nominations of Douglas Weaver to serve as a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Lee Beaman  more