John James: “The job of the secretary of energy is to secure american…”

“This is accountability to the american people. I rise today in support of this amendment to reduce the salary of Secretary Granholm to $1 because I cannot make her pay us back. The job of the secretary of energy is to secure american energy independence. But she is not securing american energy independence. She is depleting it. And she should be held accountable to the people for failing to deliver on her job. You see, Madam speaker, before Miss Granholm was energy secretary, she was promoted.” (00:13–00:21)

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