Even Rick Perry changes his mind. At his confirmation hearing as President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Secretary of Energy, the former Texas governor said he no longer wants to do away with the department he once said should be eliminated. Or, at least, that was something he tried to say. In 2011, during one of his presidential campaign debates, Perry could only remember the names of two of the three agencies he wanted get rid of. The third agency is the very one he was chosen by Trump to head. Perry said at the hearing that he regrets ever suggesting that idea. "My past statements made over five years ago about abolishing the Department of Energy do not reflect my current thinking," Perry said. That was not the only message that differed from his past views. At various times, Perry has questioned the role of human activity in climate change. At one campaign event, he accused scientists of manipulating data to continue gaining funding on research. Today, Perry said he believed both
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