.Energy SecGranholm's admission about giving false testimony on stock ownership is sparking heightened concerns among lawmakers and watchdogs, who contend her transparency lapses are highly troubling.
Granholm told the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in a Friday letter she"mistakenly" testified in April that she"did not own any individual stocks," even though Granholm meant to say she"did not own any conflicting stocks.
In a statement to the Washington Examiner, Energy Department spokesman David A. Mayorga said that Granholm"always puts the interests of the American people first." "It seems that Granholm thinks the rules don’t apply to her," Pete McGinnis, a spokesman for the Functional Government Initiative, a right-leaning watchdog group, told the Washington Examiner.
"This pattern of behavior from Secretary Granholm is deeply troubling," an aide to the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which oversees the Department of Energy, told the Washington Examiner."She needs to be completely forthcoming and transparent with Congress regarding her ethical lapses as secretary, as well as how DOE is working to advance the administration's rush-to-green agenda and make us more reliant on China.
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