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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He has no regret, except for saying it. And his instinct is correct. Close IT. Except for Nuke portion which should be reassigned to another legitimate department.
I guess these moron democrats and never-trumpers don’t realize that, whatever the cabinet nominees say BEFORE they are confirmed is in no way binding AFTER they are in office. Hopefully people like Perry will take a page from the leftist playbook and say what the interrogators want to hear then do what is necessary once they are in there.
His wife is a nurse (a good one). She nursed my grandfather. I’m sure she convinced him it was a good thing.
I grew up 14 miles from the Perry’s. Know his parents, have never met Rick. He is somewhat younger than I am.
Warts and all, he was a very good Governor of Texas.
He can do a good job of “dealing” with the Department of Energy. He knows well the damage they have done to the Energy production business.
Nobody working at the DOE have a clue what the “real purpose of the DOE” should be.
That is the Problem.
It is a hole where ComDem maggots strangle an entire industry.
No, Rick does not “need” the job.
Yes, and final assembly is in TX.
bump
Sigh.
Perry couldn’t remember the third Dept. he would eliminate, and I think he was disremembering the EPA. But then Ron Paul suggested there were 5 agencies that should be eliminated and Perry threw in DOE without thinking about it, I would guess. It’s hard to know if he’s just that dense or the drugs he was taking for his back pain making him loopy.
I’m good with Perry running the agency but if we don’t shut some of these agencies down the Dems will just weaponize them again when they get back in power.
I am not worried about Perry, who IS in fact walking back his call for the end of the department. The DOE has many powerful people who benefit by its existence and they are squeezing anyone they can to squeak on the department’s behalf. Like you, I have faith in Trump’s desire to start cutting off the rotted pieces of this government. Perry gave his lip service and that is that.
T minus 25 hours and it will be glorious!
maybe he’s lying about this too /s.
Like I said, soooo embarrassing.
These people are pathetic. Doesn’t anyone other than Trump have a spine?
IMO Perry should not be any part of Trump’s management group. If his appointment is successful, however, we have a whole lot of windmills in Texas that he can move to Blue states. Lots of better candidates.
And, according to DJT, we will be modernizing our nuclear weapons
I was surprised at this nomination as well.
Perhaps the nomination was related to Perry's previously stated views of the Energy Department.
We'll just have to see what Donald had in mind.
Exactly so.
WWII nukes, power plants, SS Savannah, USS Nautilus, USS Enterprise and rest of nuclear Navy simply could not have existed prior to the formation of DOE in '77.
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