Rick Perry: ‘I regret’ calling for the elimination of the Energy Department

Washington Times ^ | 01/19/2017 | By Ben Wolfgang

[VideoDoctor]

the other big reason was to have one Department handle all aspects of the nation’s nuclear program (from reactors to bombs to disposal of waste).the other big reason was to have one Department handle all aspects of the nation’s nuclear program (from reactors to bombs to disposal of waste).

I had always thought all of that should have been handled by the Atomic Energy Commission which was formed after WW II.

[Impy]

Perry took the job thinking it was something like being “an Ambassador for the oil and gas industry”. Which was what he thought they did when he proposed eliminating it! Hahaha.