{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.capito.senate.gov/news/press-releases/chairman-capito-supports-confirmation-of-ho-nieh-to-serve-on-nuclear-regulatory-commission", "Chairman Capito Supports Confirmation of Ho Nieh to Serve on Nuclear Regulatory Commission", "2025-11-19", "2025", "2025-11", "Republican", "Senate", "WV", "Shelley Moore Capito", "C001047", "www.capito.senate.gov", "capito", "https://www.capito.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "To watch Chairman Capito\u2019s floor remarks, click here or the image above.\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, spoke on Senate Floor in support of Ho Nieh\u2019s confirmation to serve as a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).\n\nThroughout the confirmation process, Chairman Capito has praised Ho Nieh\u2019s extensive experience in the nuclear field and his previous leadership at the NRC. His background has uniquely prepared him to uphold the NRC\u2019s newly revised mission statement, a change that Chairman Capito helped initiate through the passage of her bill, the ADVANCE Act. Ho Nieh has a proven track record of advancing American nuclear dominance while upholding the highest standards of quality and safety, and his leadership will be an asset to the NRC.\n\nFollowing Chairman Capito\u2019s remarks, the Senate voted to confirm Mr. Nieh\u2019s nomination by a vote of 66-32.\n\nBelow are the floor remarksof Chairman Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) as delivered.\n\n\u201cI rise today in support of Ho Nieh\u2019s confirmation to serve as a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.\n\n\u201cOur nation is poised to unleash a nuclear power revival, and a strong NRC, guided by exceptional leadership, is central to enabling the use of nuclear energy. Fully realizing nuclear energy\u2019s potential will improve electric reliability\u2014what I just spoke about in my former remarks\u2014strengthen America\u2019s energy and national security, and drive economic growth.\n\n\u201cIn 1974, Congress established the NRC to serve as our nation\u2019s independent nuclear safety regulator. In the years since, our nuclear energy sector has matured, technology has advanced and safety has been prioritized.\n\n\u201cThere is now an opportunity to take that experience and know-how to build a new nuclear future. Doing so mandates a nuclear safety regulator that is ready to meet the moment and to do so by leading with its best attributes.\n\n\u201cThose attributes are embodied in the NRC\u2019s Principles of Good Regulation: independence, openness, efficiency, clarity and reliability. Each of these principles is a necessary pillar for the NRC\u2019s work, especially as the NRC implements the consequential tasks that it currently faces.\n\n\u201cLast year, in passing my bill, the ADVANCE Act, Congress spoke with an overwhelming bipartisan voice that we must urgently modernize our regulations to prioritize what matters most. And President Trump reinforced that message in May when he issued an Executive Order tasking the Commission with a major reexamination of the NRC\u2019s nuclear safety rules. The ADVANCE Act and President Trump\u2019s Executive Order both empower the Commission to deliver on a vision of deploying more nuclear power and doing so quickly and safely.\n\n\u201cAs the Commission acts on these directives, it must do so in a way that does not undermine regulatory certainty and works with all stakeholders to make sure the NRC\u2019s efforts are enduring. I am confident that Ho Nieh will carry the Principles of Good Regulation forward as the Commission implements our nation\u2019s nuclear energy policy.\n\n\u201cMr. Nieh has served in a broad range of positions in the NRC and at international nuclear organizations. As the leader of the most consequential office of the NRC\u2014that office is called the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation\u2014he laid out a vision of the NRC\u2019s role to make sure that the safe use of nuclear energy was possible. This set the tone for what the Commission established earlier this year when they revised their Mission Statement, as directed by the ADVANCE Act.\n\n\u201cFollowing his departure from the NRC, Mr. Nieh gained his first-hand experience in understanding the role of regulatory compliance as a senior executive for a large nuclear facility. He also served on loan to the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations, the industry\u2019s own nuclear safety watchdog that seeks to promote excellence in nuclear performance.\n\n\u201cI support Ho Nieh\u2019s nomination to serve as a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission because of his outstanding technical expertise, his real-world knowledge of regulatory compliance, his strong leadership experience and his commitment to executing the recently updated NRC Mission Statement.\n\n\u201cI urge my colleagues to join me in voting for his confirmation to the NRC. 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