Made in a president ial bid about wanting to eliminate the Energy Department saying after being briefed on so many of the vital functions of the department of energy, i regret recommending its elimination. This is about three hours and 30 minutes. Good morning. Where did he go . Hes in the front row with his wife. Okay. Im looking for him. Good morning. The committee will come to order. Id like to welcome you all to our second cabinet level confirmation hearing of this inaugural week. Id like to start by thanking senator cornyn, our senior senator from texas for being here to speak on behalf of our nominee. Always good to have you before our committee and also our fellow committee member, senator manchin from West Virginia is prepared to also offer introductory remarks for our nominee. Governor perry, i would like to extend a warm welcome to you and to your family. Know that i appreciate your desire to serve, your willi willingness to become our next secretary of energy. Ive enjoyed th
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] cement the will to lead but to the next cabinet lovell, bernie confirmation been delayed to start by thinking the senior senator from texas to be fair to speak on behalf of the nominees. Also the fellow Committee Member from West Virginia prepared to offer introductory remarks for a a warm welcome to you and your family your willingness to become our next secretary of energy for. I enjoyed flu at federal of learning more about your leadership in texas and your accomplishments in the area of energy and environment. I love riffled will withhold any comments texas side is verses alaska size and i won. [laughter] we know you lars seeking half to lead had an interesting and critical time helping to make our nation a Global Leader of research and development encouraging scientific exploration to foster innovation. And with those laboratories but the greatest asset those that dedicate not just to their careers to those toughest challenges th
Test. Test. Test. Senator portman . Thank you. And governor perry, thank you for your willingness to step up and serve again in another way and sacrifices that involves. I enjoyed our meeting. Its one on the couch with my colleague from minnesota. Sure. But it was interesting and we talked about a number of topics. One was the importance to my state and our nation of having a uranium enrichment capability and in ohio, we have a plant that produced enriched uranium until 2000. When president obama ran in 2008, he promised to accelerate that cleanup and just the opposite has happened. Every year, weve had to fight to keep the cleanup in place. Gone from 2024 to 2044 end date. Costing taxpayers by the way, billions more by stretching it out and not being more efficient about it. And im very disappointed in the department of energy for their inability to follow through on their commitments to the plan and frankly, its difficult for people who work there. They never know their next paycheck
And the Charlie Hebdo and november 2015 terrorist attacks in paris. Just interviewed numerous heads of state including president barack obama and george w. Bush as well as senators, governors and foreign dignitaries. Before time, she was a small for bloomberg or she covered the white house, congress and the 2004 president ial campaign. She received an m. S. In journalism from columbia and an undergraduate degrees in International Relations and art history from tufts university. She was a 2015 Harvard Institute of politics fellow at the 2016 new America Foundation fellow. Welcome. [applause] tonight second panelist is the honorable kay hagan who serve as United States senator from North Carolina from 20092015. Prior to her time in the u. S. Senate she served and the North Carolina senate from 19992009. After taking office in january of 2009 senator hagan served on four committees the Armed Services, banking, housing and urban affairs, Small Business and not a partnership, and Health Edu
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