Democrats used Energy Secretary Chris Wright’s visit to Capitol Hill on Wednesday as an opportunity to blast the Trump administration for the war in Iran and for contributing to rising energy costs around the nation.
Wright testified in front of House appropriators about the White House’s budget request for fiscal year 2027, which shifts money away from renewable energy, emissions regulations and climate change research and instead boosts spending on fossil fuels and critical minerals.
Democrats made the case that those cuts would only increase costs across the nation.