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Chris Wright: “We reversed that screw up within 24 hours.”

Featuring: Chris Wright, Republican | Secretary of Energy | National

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Mark Kelly Grills Chris Wright On 'Fundamental Error' In Staffing Reductions At Energy Department

Published | Video Starts at 04:36

As soon as I realized that, which was within 24 hours, we called all of them back and all but two came back. That was a screw up. That was on me. We reversed that screw up within 24 hours. But I own that screw up. The rest of that restructuring of our department was choices, also led by me. It was done slow and thoughtfully and entirely from myself and leadership within the department. (04:36–04:39)

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Asserts that the mistake of laying off critical personnel was corrected within 24 hours.

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