
The House Appropriations subcommittee in charge of writing the first draft of the Department of Energy’s annual budget called off a Wednesday hearing with the agency’s top nuclear weapons and waste leaders minutes into the proceedings. The hearing got no further than opening statements and a few questions from Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), the chair, and Ranking Member Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) before Kaptur pulled the plug, citing a long series of votes on the House floor. “You’re more important than…