WASHINGTON (WVLT) - A Senate committee hearing has been scheduled for four of President Donald Trump’s nominees to the Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors.
The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works is slated to hold the hearing on Wednesday, Oct. 22.
After President Trump returned to office to begin his second term earlier this year, he fired three TVA board members: Michelle Moore and Joe H. Ritch in April and Beth P. Geer in June.
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After Moore and Ritch were fired, TVA’s board was left without a quorum and only three members: Bill Renick, who serves as chairman, Bobby Klein and Wade White.
According to the TVA Bylaws, the board can continue opera