You had a team of seriously unqualified political appointees canceled billions of dollars in DOE awards across the country that had been provided as directed by Congress through extremely rigorous independent, merit based processes. A federal court has found these terminations concentrated in so-called blue states, per the unhinged public boasting of OMB Director Russell Voigt, to be blatantly illegal. These politically motivated cuts include well over a billion dollars in support for vital next generation energy projects throughout my home state of California. (01:18–01:34)
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Asserts that a federal court found DOE terminations in blue states to be illegal.
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