Chris Wright has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve as President Donald Trump’s Secretary of Energy, bringing the total number of confirmed cabinet nominees to nine. Wright will play a key role in the president’s vital campaign promise to ramp up U.S. energy production.

Wright, who was the CEO of the fracking firm Liberty Energy before entering politics, was confirmed on Monday in a 59-38 vote. Seven Democrats joined all available Senate Republicans in voting to confirm. The crucial nominee previously advanced through the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee before his nomination went to a floor vote.

The latest confirmation has put the pieces in place for President Trump to implement his “drill baby, drill” agenda. Just last week, the Senate voted to confirm Doug Burgum as Secretary of the Interior, who is expected to work closely with Wright on the president’s energy agenda.

President Trump previously declared an “energy emergency” on his first day in office, which allowed him to lift his predecessor’s ban on liquefied natural gas exports and do away with several climate change restrictions imposed by the Biden Administration. Trump has also put plans in motion to resume offshore drilling and revitalize a number of important energy projects, such as the Keystone XL pipeline.

During his confirmation hearing, Wright identified three “immediate tasks” where he would focus his attention. The list included, American energy, leading the world in innovation and technology breakthroughs and increasing production in America.

“America has a historic opportunity to secure our energy systems, deliver leadership in scientific and technological innovation, steward our weapons stockpiles, and meet Cold War legacy waste commitments,” Wright told the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee last month.