Club for Growth Hopes Rick Perry Will Be Final Energy Secretary

“Governor Perry has a prime opportunity to serve taxpayers by closing the doors at DOE.”

Washington, DC – Club for Growth president David McIntosh released the following statement in response to President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of former Texas Governor Rick Perry to be Secretary of Energy:

“Rick Perry will be a strong advocate for free-market energy policies, and the most important pro-growth step he could take at the Energy Department would be to fulfill his 2012 campaign pledge to eliminate it,” said Club for Growth president David McIntosh. “The DOE is little more than the government’s own venture capital firm for energy-related activities, and it’s time for the cronyism end. Governor Perry has a prime opportunity to serve taxpayers by closing its doors.”