John McCain tells energy chief Rick Perry lawmakers will help him 'correct course' on waste

The Senate Armed Services Committee told Energy Secretary Rick Perry to clean up waste and abuse on the defense side of the department in a hearing Thursday, the first time an energy chief has visited the committee in more than a decade.

“A hearing like this is rare,” said Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., the acting chairman for the committee. “Our committee has not called a secretary of energy to testify in over 10 years. You ought to feel good about that,” Inhofe said, trying to be friendly before laying into the criticisms of the agency Perry has overseen for a little over a year.