DeLauro and Kaptur Expose Energy Secretary’s Lies

*NEW FACT SHEET*: Wright’s Wrongs

WASHINGTON — Last week, United States Secretary of Energy Chris Wright appeared before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies for a hearing on the Department of Energy’s fiscal year 2026 budget request. During the hearing, Secretary Wright made several incorrect, misleading, or outright false statements. 

In a new fact sheet, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) and House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Ranking Member Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-09) set the record straight.

“The Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee has the opportunity to make strategic investments that lower energy costs for American families, promote America’s energy independence, and support a robust and modern manufacturing sector, which are in line with President Trump’s stated goals. But the President and Secretary Wright’s actions at the Department of Energy will only lead to higher costs, reliance on foreign energy, and suppressed manufacturing,” said Representatives DeLauro and Kaptur. “Instead of working with the Committee to lower costs for Americans and get to the bottom of some of the Trump Administration’s stealing of funds promised to the American people, Secretary Wright spent hours at the hearing making incorrect and misleading statements or outright lying. This cannot go unchecked. It is impossible for Congress to responsibly conduct oversight of an agency when presented with false information. The American people deserve to know the truth and are owed an explanation as to why their energy bills are about to go up.”

This new fact sheet can be found here. 

The full recording of the hearing is here. Ranking Member Kaptur’s opening statement at the hearing is here. 

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