Sherrill reveals policy she hopes to work with White House on: Nuclear energy
New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill, despite past disagreements with President Donald Trump, expressed openness to collaborating on nuclear energy policy to help lower energy costs and expand power supply in the state. She recently lifted New Jersey's 50-year moratorium on nuclear power plant projects, aligning with a broader trend among some Democratic leaders to revisit nuclear energy. Sherrill emphasized the federal government's role in financing and accelerating nuclear development, particularly amid global competition with China.
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Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), who has sparred with President Donald Trump since taking office in January, pointed to nuclear energy development as an area she hopes to work with the White House on. The New Jersey governor and Trump have disagreed on issues ranging from immigration enforcement to funding for a tunnel between New Jersey and Manhattan, but she said on Wednesday that she isn’t ruling out working with the president. Sherrill has made bringing down energy prices in the Garden State a focal point of her administration, and her comments come as she ramps up momentum behind her nuclear energy policy goals.
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