U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
Honorable Rick Perry, Secretary
The mission of the Department of Energy is to ensure America’s security and prosperity by addressing its energy, environmental, and nuclear challenges through transformative science and technology solutions. Secretary Perry served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1985 to 1991, as Texas Agriculture Commissioner from 1991 to 1999, as Lieutenant Governor of Texas from 1999 to 2000, and as Texas Governor from 2000 to 2015. The following is from Secretary Perry’s testimony during a March 20, 2018, hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on the President’s budget request for the Department of Energy for Fiscal Year…
