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发布于 2026年3月24日，美国东部时间下午12:18
2026年3月24日星期二，参议院任命的艾伦·阿姆斯特朗在俄克拉荷马州俄克拉荷马市州议会大厦举行的新闻发布会上发言。
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俄克拉荷马州州长周二任命能源高管艾伦·阿姆斯特朗填补美国参议院席位至2026年底，以完成共和党人马克韦恩·马伦的任期。马伦现已出任新的国土安全部长。
共和党州长凯文·斯蒂特承诺挑选一名“保守派人士”填补马伦的席位，这一任命将使威廉姆斯公司（Williams Companies）的董事长兼前首席执行官（该公司是塔尔萨一家大型管道运营商）进入参议院。
“他是一位强大的商业领袖，懂得自由市场和有限政府的力量，”斯蒂特表示。
马伦于周一被确认接管陷入困境的国土安全部，其原定于11月参加连任竞选。
根据俄克拉荷马州法律，阿姆斯特朗需同意今年秋季不竞选完整任期，其将填补马伦剩余任期的最后九个月。共和党众议员凯文·赫尔恩已迅速宣布竞选该参议院席位，并已获得总统唐纳德·特朗普的背书。
阿姆斯特朗从未担任过民选职务，其职业生涯均在威廉姆斯公司度过。该公司约有5800名员工，专门从事天然气的收集、储存和运输。他于2011年成为总裁兼首席执行官，并于去年转为执行董事长。
63岁的阿姆斯特朗表示，简化美国重大基础设施项目的许可流程将是他在参议院的首要任务之一。
“事实是，建设大规模基础设施变得异常困难，这对我国长期竞争力至关重要，”他说道。
阿姆斯特朗称，他与特朗普会面过，并认为自己此前与内政部长道格·伯加姆和能源部长克里斯·赖特的合作经历帮助他获得了总统的支持。
“这些先生们知道我为推动许可改革付出了多大努力，所以他（特朗普）非常欢迎并给予了高度支持，”阿姆斯特朗表示，“那是一次非常有趣的会面。”
阿姆斯特朗长期支持斯蒂特，自2018年以来已为其提供了总计8500美元的竞选捐款，这是俄克拉荷马州法律允许的最高金额。
即将于明年1月卸任的斯蒂特是全国州长协会主席，此次任命是在特朗普因去年一次会议参与者争议而抨击他数周后做出的。
小杜威·巴特利特曾担任塔尔萨市市长，他将阿姆斯特朗描述为“性格沉稳的人”，更倾向于在决策中建立共识而非受政治意识形态驱动。
巴特利特（其父曾于20世纪70年代在参议院任职）表示，阿姆斯特朗对能源行业及其市场因素的了解也使其成为理想人选，尤其是在伊朗战争动摇全球石油供应之际。
“我认为这当然是个好办法，在决策中寻求共识，”巴特利特（一家油气公司总裁）说道。
上周在确认听证会上，马伦试图将自己塑造成在克里斯蒂·诺姆被解雇后领导该机构的稳定力量。诺姆因移民执法及任内大规模驱逐行动引发的强烈反对而处境艰难。
Oklahoma’s governor picks energy executive Alan Armstrong to fill US Senate seat through end of year
Associated Press
3 hr ago
PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2026, 12:18 PM ET
Senate appointee Alan Armstrong speaks during a press conference at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City, on Tuesday, March 24, 2026.
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Oklahoma’s governor on Tuesday appointed energy executive Alan Armstrong to serve in the US Senate through the end of the year and finish the term of Republican Markwayne Mullin, the new homeland security secretary.
The choice by Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt, who had pledged to pick a “conservative voice” to fill Mullin’s seat, elevates to the Senate the chairman and former CEO of Williams Companies, a major pipeline operator based in Tulsa.
“He’s a strong business leader who understands the power of free markets and limited government,” Stitt said.
Mullin, who was confirmed on Monday to take over the embattled Department of Homeland Security, would have been up for reelection in November.
The last nine months of his term will now be filled by Armstrong, who under Oklahoma law must agree to not run for a full term this fall. Republican US Rep. Kevin Hern quickly announced his candidacy for the Senate seat and has already been endorsed by President Donald Trump.
Armstrong, who has never served in elected office, has spent his career with Williams Companies, which employs about 5,800 people and specializes in the collection, storage and transportation of natural gas. He became president and CEO in 2011 and transitioned to executive chairman last year.
Armstrong, 63, said making it easier to get permits for major infrastructure projects in the US will be one of his top priorities in the Senate.
“The truth is, it’s gotten very, very hard to build large-scale infrastructure, and it is so critical to our country’s competitiveness in the long term,” he said.
Armstrong said he met with Trump and believes his previous work with Secretary of Interior Doug Burgum and Secretary of Energy Chris Wright helped him earn the president’s support.
“Those gentlemen know how hard I’ve been working to get permitting reform done, so he (Trump) was very welcoming and highly supportive,” Armstrong said. “It was a very interesting meeting.”
Armstrong is a longtime supporter of Stitt, giving him $8,500 in total campaign contributions since 2018, the maximum amount allowed under Oklahoma law.
Stitt, who will leave office in January and is head of the National Governors Association, made the pick weeks after Trump lashed out at him following a dispute over who was allowed at the group’s annual meeting.
Former Tulsa Mayor Dewey Bartlett, Jr., described Armstrong as an “even-tempered individual” who is more likely to build consensus around a decision rather than being driven by political ideology.
Bartlett, whose father served in the US Senate in the 1970s, said Armstrong’s knowledge of the energy industry and its market factors also make him an ideal selection, particularly as the Iran war rattles the global flow of oil.
“I think that certainly is a great approach, finding consensus for making a decision,” said Bartlett, the president of an oil and gas company.
In confirmation hearings last week, Mullin tried to present himself as a steady hand to the lead agency following the firing of Kristi Noem, who came under intensifying backlash over immigration enforcement and mass deportation operations carried out under her watch.
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