Budget & Policy

Letters to Secretary Wright criticize cuts to funds, request workforce numbers

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House Democratic leaders of the Energy and Commerce committee demanded answers from Secretary of Energy Chris Wright on the effects of mass firing at DOE.
The letter, released April 14, was signed by full committee ranking member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.), Energy…

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