Energy Secretary Chris Wright told Newsmax on Tuesday that the Senate’s passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act is “great news for 340 million Americans.”

“They get to win twice. They get to save a half trillion [dollars] in subsidies the government was going to pay out in the next 10 years, and they’re going to get lower-priced energy and lower-priced automobiles,” Wright said on “The Record With Greta Van Susteren,” referring to the portion of the bill that deals with energy.

When it comes to future energy consumption in the United States, Wright said he is “bullish on nuclear,” saying it has the safest track record of any form of energy.

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