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Rick Perry: ‘I regret’ calling for the elimination of the Energy Department
Washington Times ^ | 01/19/2017 | By Ben Wolfgang

Posted on 01/19/2017 6:44:09 AM PST by SeekAndFind

As he tries to convince the Senate to put him in charge of the Energy Department, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry will tell lawmakers Thursday that he was wrong to recommend eliminating that same department.

During his 2012 presidential campaign, Mr. Perry, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for energy secretary, advocated getting rid of the Energy Department, along with several other federal agencies. At one GOP primary debate he was unable to remember all of the departments he sought to scrap, leading to his infamous “Oops” moment.

More than four years later, Mr. Perry now is a full-throated supporter of the Energy Department and said he’s learned a great deal about the agency’s role through conversations with current Secretary Ernest Moniz and others.

“I have learned a great deal about the important work being done every day by the outstanding men and women of the DOE. I have spoken several times to Secretary Moniz and his predecessors. If confirmed, my desire is to lead this agency in a thoughtful manner, surrounding myself with expertise on the core functions of the department,” Mr. Perry will tell the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Thursday morning, according to excerpts released by the Trump transition team.

“My past statements made over five years ago about abolishing the Department of Energy do not reflect my current thinking,” the former governor will say. “In fact, after being briefed on so many of the vital functions of the Department of Energy, I regret recommending its elimination. If confirmed, I will enter this role excited and passionate about advancing the core missions of the DOE, and drawing greater attention to the vital role played by the agency and the hard working men and women who dedicate themselves in pursuit of these missions.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 115th; biggovernment; climatechangehoax; doomage; energy; energydepartment; first100days; globalwarminghoax; perry; rickperry; trumpcabinet; trumpdoe; trumpenergy
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1 posted on 01/19/2017 6:44:09 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

I regret that he now regrets it.


2 posted on 01/19/2017 6:45:12 AM PST by Iron Munro (If Illegals voted Rebublican 50 Million Democrats Would Be Screaming "Build The Wall!")
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To: SeekAndFind

And so the walkbacks begin.


3 posted on 01/19/2017 6:45:33 AM PST by ArtDodger
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He should be part of the inauguration entertainment....


4 posted on 01/19/2017 6:45:38 AM PST by SeekAndFind (q)
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Regrets... like with his HPV vaccine mandate.


5 posted on 01/19/2017 6:47:00 AM PST by fwdude (Democrats have not been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I still chuckle about this one. The irony is so thick, like Rick.


6 posted on 01/19/2017 6:47:01 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: SeekAndFind
grrrrrrr !
7 posted on 01/19/2017 6:47:03 AM PST by tomkat
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To: SeekAndFind

I regret ever having thought you were a decent conservative.


8 posted on 01/19/2017 6:47:06 AM PST by PGR88
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To: SeekAndFind

Bad move, IMO.


9 posted on 01/19/2017 6:47:14 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Iron Munro

I regret that you regret that he regrets it.


10 posted on 01/19/2017 6:47:35 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: SeekAndFind

That is sooooo embarrassing.


11 posted on 01/19/2017 6:47:45 AM PST by fwdude (Democrats have not been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Rick is just showing his Energy Credentials.


12 posted on 01/19/2017 6:48:30 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: SeekAndFind

Why regret it.

Big oil gives us more energy.

DOE gives us crap.


13 posted on 01/19/2017 6:48:53 AM PST by Da Coyote
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Perry (and EVERY candidate that will appear before a tribunal) should bone up on every walk-back the questioner(s) ever asks


14 posted on 01/19/2017 6:49:45 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true.)
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To: SeekAndFind

It never fails to amaze me how few people know what the real purpose of DOE is.


15 posted on 01/19/2017 6:50:02 AM PST by PlateOfShrimp
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Are there three reasons why he regrets it???


16 posted on 01/19/2017 6:50:13 AM PST by gov_bean_ counter (I held my nose, voted for Trump, then took a shower. All to defeat evil.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Not a good way to begin, Rick, weaseling out like that. Trump respects strength.

Jeff Sessions shouldn’t have said he’d recuse himself, either, on any issue — Clintons or otherwise.


17 posted on 01/19/2017 6:50:25 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (If you think the party that freed the slaves are the racist ones, you probably are a liberal.)
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Rick Perry: ‘I regret’ calling for the elimination of the Energy Department

Translation: Now that I need the job...

18 posted on 01/19/2017 6:51:00 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

I regret that you regret that he regrets that he regrets it.


19 posted on 01/19/2017 6:51:19 AM PST by IVAXMAN
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To: SeekAndFind

LOL!


20 posted on 01/19/2017 6:52:05 AM PST by OKSooner (www.greatagain.gov <= Go here to put a note in the suggestion box!)
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