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Senators jab Perry over energy research cuts

By John Siciliano

Published June 21, 2017 8:24pm ET

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Senators jab Perry over energy research cuts — Energy Secretary Rick Perry was on Capitol Hill for a second day Wednesday in an effort to defend the White House budget to House appropriators from both parties. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig, File) | Erik Schelzig

Senate appropriators criticized President Trump’s Energy Department budget on Wednesday for a perceived desire to unravel decades of energy and scientific research through funding cuts that would place other countries ahead of the United States.

“The federal debt is not the result of Congress overspending on science and energy research each year,” said Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., chairman of the Appropriations Committee’s energy and water panel.

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