Mike Lee Tells Energy Secretary That Her 'Department Should Not Exist' If It Doesn't Follow Mandate
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- Опубликовано: 4 май 2022
- At a Senate Energy Committee hearing on Thursday, Sen. Mike Lee questioned Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm about energy prices.
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Her smugness and arrogance reveals she not only feels entitled but that she believes she us untouchable. Let's remind her that she isn't 🇺🇸
Ok. How do we do that? Should we send an email or perhaps a text message?
@@pooloftim8263 Amazingly enough snail mail is very powerful. Between 2009 - 2013 or so, I was heavily involved in a grass-roots non-profit organization that needed to revise legislation that had bi-partisan support in both the state House and Senate (2 bills with overwhelming sponsorship were drafted and passed in less than 2 years). We did hire a lobbyist, but we did a majority of the work ourselves. We generated a letter-writing campaign and a time came when Granholm asked our lobbyist what it would take to stop the letters.
@@pooloftim8263 by refusing to cow tow to her. By speaking up on her bs, etc. The point of my message clearly flew over your head. Are you a little slow?
The Brandon Administration should be eliminated!
The Brandon administration is is illegal and should not have should not have ever been allowed. Biden isn't the legal president. He did not win rhe 2020 election. Anyone that came after him should not have a job.
Agreed! The regime of the former vice president currently, incompetently, and illegally executing the office of POTUS needs to be gotten rid of.
Its not an administration. It is a regime. That’s what happens when there isa coup.
@Fergus O'Daly even better!
Hollow points...!!! At so many different
Angles....... KILLLLLLL EM ALL.....!!!!!!
The department shouldn’t exist in the first place.
Just one of many that shouldn't exist
Neither should the department of education created by peanut brain Carter.
Rick Perry didn't have any idea the department existed?In my opinion the guy that appointed him didn't either?One was a governor and the other a game show host.
The evil smile and laugh that won’t end when she avoids questions is somewhere between the joker and Satan
These people are so far from the everyday people are so disconnected to real world issues...and the laugh at every answer is appaling!!
Gas stations should have one set of pumps labeled Democrat $5.25. The other should be labeled Republican $2.75 and the people get to VOTE by which they purchase.
"A BATTERY is the EXACT equivalent
of an EMPTY gas tank.
You have to put energy IN them BOTH!
99.99% of EV's
are FOSSIL-FUELED.
@@Uvoted4this Bravo !
Like many other agencies, the Department of Energy is little more than another government jobs program
Yes for women of color, transgender's, Transvestites, you know whatever they need
Uh no not even close……
No one in the Biden Cabinet is competent, caring, honest or American. The Kremlin is more American than the Biden Administration.
" another government jobs program" for minorities...
@@don22b you forgot unqualified, halfwits/quarter wits and those that can't do anything else..and merely following orders coming from the top down..
With the smirk on her face you can see she knows EXACTLY what he is saying is correct
Yes, but she has hee marching orders from the big guy himself.
Executive order number 14008 with the following title
Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad
Specifically tells them to do this. They have effectively politicized the administrative process of congressional mandates of years past t8 the detriment of the country.
yup because she knows she safe and there is nothing anyone can do about it
@@bakochoi especially since 11 Republican senators voted to confirm this America Hating Marxists
@@pjfan173 yuuup im not even american and i can spot the traitors in your midst i do hope your people realize that your country is being subverted
@@technowey In 2020 Mike Lee got less money from the gas and oil industry than 21 democratic senators, including Elizabeth Warren. I'd like to know where you get your info from because he did not receive hundreds of thousands of dollars from gas and oil. He received less than ten thousand from them! It was around $8,500.
There is no room in government for activist like the pompous a-hole sitting in front of Mike Lee
The president and his cabinet members number one job is to protect the constitution and the American people. This administration has not only failed in their duties, they have actively fought against them.
November can't get here soon enough for me. Biden, Mallorca and old Jennifer here are in for a rude awakening. They will be impeached, bet on it.
We were energy rich , you guys changed it
Our limited natural resources will eventually play out, when it is gone, its gone. We should keep our supply for the country and not sell it on the world open market
By you guys, you are obviously referencing Democrats in office, and all who voted for that crap.
close it, let the states handle their own needs.
Half or more of these federal jobs should be eliminated
I think it's a Great idea.
We're all doomed if we don't get rid of these loser federal jobs
Power bills in Illinois will go up by 30 dollars in June thanks to more taxes and fees connected to green energy subsidies.
So, no more energy is being used, only more money being taken from consumers for these failed policies .
Yes you are correct, and well said
They are also having problems with wind and solar power. And it is all coming from China . It is so much easier to destroy wind and solar panels.
That's the green new deal, they take the green right out of your pocket
This dept is unnecessary
So is the ministry of truth and that other new ministry he created... It's getting hard to keep up With all their nonsense and b*******.
We really should start eliminating entire cabinet agencies. The Federal Department of Education should be the first.
The electricity produced by the petroleum industry gets a Fed subsidy of $0.39 per megawatt hour while job killing green energy gets a Fed subsidy of $125 per megawatt hour. Wake up people!
The incredible patience of this man is admirable.
He’s a liar and a clown.
Defund the IRS, DOE and Department of education.
I have a question for Secretary Granholm. Does the technology exist to make green energy affordable and reliable 24/7/365? All the legislation, mandates, and subsidization won't matter if the technology doesn't exist.
Well your comment is pretty ambiguous as “green energy” is not a technical term to classify energy sources. It’s a marketing slogan. So not entirely sure what energy sources your specifically referring to.
However I’m gonna just assume you mean solar and wind and are concerned about intermittentcy. This is a valid concern, but yes the technology does exist. The real problem is that depending on the concentration of intermittent sources on an electrical network you may need massive quantities of these various technologies and therefore you have to properly plan and coordinate the introduction of greater solar and wind capacity to the network in direct relation to the installation of these technologies.
71% of the Earth is covered by water. Hydroelectric and Nuclear seem to be the solution if we're attempting to get off fossil fuels. 1/6 of the worlds electricity already comes from Hydroelectric generators.
@@brian2440 If the technology to give an affordable constant flow of electricity to everyone via wind and solar existed, we would have it..But it doesnt exist..Its too costlyat this time..
Just another political money laundering agenda to keep her butt in the lap of rich luxury
“We need to be energy independent” funny we were just about a year and a half ago
That's what I was thinking when she said that!
Granholm is doing Energy what she did to Michigan. Only some one with Brandon's intellect would select her. We're doomed, thanks democrats !!
Gas stations should have one set of pumps labeled Democrat $5.25. The other should be labeled Republican $2.75 and the people get to VOTE by which they purchase.
"A BATTERY is the EXACT equivalent
of an EMPTY gas tank.
You have to put energy IN them BOTH!
99.99% of EV's
are FOSSIL-FUELED.
I agree
If thats the case then Republican fuel has to include draft registration
I love this idea
Our congressional delegations VOTED to sell our limited natural resources on the open world market. It is not renewable. When gas and oil are gone, they are gone. The law of supply and demand is easy to understand. If our energy is sold on the open market which is high, subjects us to higher prices as we demand energy. Thus we pay higher prices for energy to match the world price.
💯🔨
Politicians don't care because they don't feel the inflation. But I can promise you the second it starts affecting them things will change rapidly
it will never affect them..
Let the hangings commence!
They all make to much, our government needs to go it's all worthless
she bailed out of Michigan the day after leaving the Governor's office. That says enough...... She couldn't live under what she had done to the people of Michigan.
Listening to her is like listening to someone scratching a chalkboard
Getting rid of the Department of Education would be a good thing, too !
We were energy independent under Trump.
But, but Trump...waugh.
Jennifer Granholm didn't do crap for Michigan energy. We have a ton of wind turbines that probably cost way more than what they save. Energy costs have sucked in Michigan. If someone is claiming they're great in Michigan, they're lying or they were rich and have solar energy panel tax breaks from the Democrats. I'm tired of people like her getting away with what they did to Michigan. This job they created for her wasn't made by the people or for the people.
Bravo. The cold hard truth.
Wow, that lady thinks her answer wasn't ignorant or seen as a deflection from the question, if any form of Green energy is cost effective and dependable it would be seen as revolutionary. The consumers wound jump on it but its not so in order to persuade the consumer they are offered various forms of credits. Any time a politician or political appointee is quested over anything they stretch out their response because they're deflecting, forgoing a simple clear answer means they are lying throw their teeth.
This woman has no idea. I live offgrid, it's not cheaper, not easier and definitely not green.
I agree it shouldn’t exist but Joe and Obama love adding to the government , I say less government!!
The illegals, and government employees are a Democrat voting block. The more the merrier. Did we forget the first group of illegals we wearing Biden t shirts.
So did President Reagan.
I agree. Less Government!!
These people are nuts. Mike Lee is awesome!
So tell us again how batteries are made, what materials are used and how long they last?
We don't have to subsidize anything!!!! If someone wants to invest in "green" energy, have at it!!! I hope they make money. Don't drag me down with the fools.
She’s all woke up , and ready to roll. These government employees are working ( in theory) for us . The inside the belt , enemy’s of all 50 states need to be scrutinized under a microscope 🔬, these hearings wave every red flag.
I like Mike Lee. 👍👍👍👍
Thank you senator!
WHY DO THEY PUT HONORABLE IN FRONT OF THESE PEOPLE NAME .WHEN THEY ARE NOT.
So she’s saying the American people don’t know it takes fossil fuel to produce electricity
Granholm, another unqualified person, Where did he find these Duds ??? She knows nothing about this postion Why pay her ??👎😡
Worse than Butt - Gig for sure.
He purposely chooses people that don't have a f****** clue how to do the job. Not one of the weirdos that he picked knows how to do their job, that is not why they were chosen. They were chosen because of their LGBTQ ABCD EFG status, Just exactly how Obama picked them. It's his 3rd term and they purposely pick people that cannot do the job they were given so that they will endlessly f*** it up, Squander more money, and run it into the ground. Basically he picks kamikaze pilots to run whatever job they're given into a wall so it can never be fixed. This is Biden's job. It is all done on purpose.
The whole Biden administration is incompetent and corrupt!!
I want to know when they're going to remove the "Honorable" from these traitors name tags?
....long overdue
if she laughs or smirks in future she should be admonished for it.
She is just as incompetent as Harris!!
Position, like MANY OTHERS, does not need to exist. States have budgets, budgets get submitted. Energy is part of said budget, state runs itself.
having a federal head at the tops of departments like this, makes that department dependent on each administration with its own personal goals void of state specific needs.
Eliminate it. Along with the EPA
Democrats just keep growing the Federal govt!
Energy is an area that states fundamentally can’t run themselves. Yes they can manage sources and infrastructure within their state but a significant portion of the energy grid infrastructure spans multiple states thus falling under federal jurisdiction.
The US has three major interconnections (large scale electrical grids) that span the lower 48 states. To then manage these interconnection there are public and public/private regional institutions called Independent System Operators (ISOs) and Regional Transmission Operators (RTO). WECC for example manages the Western Interconnection that spans 10 states. PJM is an RTO that manages a regional network within the Eastern Interconnection that spans 14 states. Both WECC and PJM report to FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) under the U.S. Department of Energy.
You also have other associated institutions like Power Marketing Administrations (PMAs), Tennessee Valley Association that supplies energy from specific sources and manages markets that span multiple states.
On top of all of every there’s also managing the reliability of electricity on grids. The primary institution over this is even above the DOE - called NERC or the North American Electric Reliability Corporation that manages the entire North American Grid. Within each country of North America there are regional subsidiaries called Reliability Coordinating Councils that manage and regulate reliability standards in accordance with NERC and work with FERC in the US (with the sole exception of the Texas Interconnection where ERCOT (an State ISO) and TRE (the RCC of the Texas Interconnection) report directly and solely to NERC.
As you may have realized in reading my comment the energy industry is extremely complex and has multiple managing parties to ensure that the country has proper energy to sustain populations. This is much bigger than what state governments can realistically manage on their own.
@@brian2440 and that was it purpose BY DESIGN. never had to be nor does it still need to be that way.
Each state can be viable in every capacity with zero federal intervention or assistance.
@@401RISaint no it really can’t when states share energy capacity across borders…… nor is there really any benefit for the system that you propose
@@401RISaint, it really sounds like Brian is a dyed in the wool hard core analcrat. How anybody can defend the Department of Energy for anything just tells me they've gone over tot the Dark Side!
Her competence or lack there of is astonishing....!
Enough talk more action against these criminal public servants.
These departments have harmed the common worker
Green isn't green .
So I wonder how many elderly deaths does she want on her conscience this summer from the high price of electricity? Elderly and fixed income will have the decision sweltering the heat and to eat, or pay outrageous price for electricity to cool their house and not eat.
Conscience?!? They have NO conscience.
On fixed income. I conclude that the politicians in charge of our mass inflation could care less. They live in high places with tall fences. They have plenty of money at tax payers expense.
Like the criminal gangs, incidental deaths are called "shrooms" (mushrooms). They don't care and she don't care.
You are spot on !
You have to have a soul to have a conscience That is something democrats just don't have.
This women is clueless, get your check book out.
She realizes in order to go “green”, fossil fuels need to be used?
If she does realize, she won't admit it...We are years from being 'green', yet they shove it down our throats. In this uncertain economy, not many can afford an EV.
@@coppertop7827 agreed.
@@coppertop7827 American families can barely afford gas and food and thesse nitwits want us to buy a 45,000$ electric vehicle?
GO MIKE GO! TEAR THESE CROOKS DOWN
Granholm is an empty suit. (Is ‘empty suit’ sexist nowadays? I apologize to male readers. Wait. This is so confusing. OK. Granholm is an empty bra.)
And the truth comes out
Omg!!! That is so damn funny 🤣 😆 😂 😄. The 🏆 goes to you!!
There is not battery to handle base loads for large cities of a million plus + the lady is lying it does not exit
Feeling way more than a pinch!
Isn’t this the lady who told us to just buy an electric vehicle???
It’s all a game: “How evasive and obfuscating can I be?“
The department of energy is a joke. Even when someone competent is at the wheel.
Batteries do not make energy, they store energy.
Let’s go Mike!!!
Why in the world are people still wearing mask!!!!
FJB
Exactly they need to be shut down.
So, we're paying higher energy prices, AND our Taxes pay other people to use wind energy - Blessings
I was hoping when Jennifer Granholm left the governorship in Michigan that I would never have to hear her name again! Now here she is in "Biden's administration"! HA, she fits right in with the rest of the clowns.
How is she even qualified for this job?
She's a democrat...That's all the qualifications one needs..
She isn't, she is another nut job!!
Where do the components for the batteries come from?
They're doing it all on purpose...period.
Someone should make sure they remove the word "honorable " from her name plate, she is nuts !
I, personally refer this energy secretary (who is misfit) as
she 'laugh' at someone who question about lowering the
spiking gas prices, but now
reality I s our gas price is
$6.99 and still rising. She is
another of the.line of bureaucrat.to be impeached.
Great comment
Would one Very Relevant Question be - "If ALL Fossil Fuel energy were to be halted, Would 'Green Energy' supplant it? What are the total energy figures for America?
She is not listening cause she does not care what he says 🤷
I admire the cone coffee filter the guy behind him is wearing.
Lmao I know. That's what happens when you have your head shoved up the governments ass. 2 years later still completely brainwashed.
😆
Oh my God I was thinking the exact same thing. #4 filter I think 🤣🤣
Those people wearing masks are getting ready for Halloween.😂
she was a failure of a governor, squandered and swindled money from the state and college funds from big tobacco, as well as constantly flying to HOLLAND to look for jobs on the taxpayers dollar
😧
why do they gotta fail upward?
she aint qualified for that position AT ALL
Current one sucks too. Michiganders must be suckers.
Not one of the Deviant Trans weirdo's Biden picked for any position has the capability or knowledge To do their jobs. He just picks a blue one for this job, and a pink 1 for that job, and a red with yellow for that job, and a nut job for that job.... but we mustn't forget about a female dark one for another job.
She needs to be fired!!!!!
If an industry requires federal subsidies, then it is not a viable solution.
I can't stand that woman!!!
Battery as renewable energy?.....oooookk
The honorable Jenifer Granholm. Who the hell said she was honorable? What a joke.
Pennsylvania energy going up 38% next month
Wow ! Die of heat stroke or freeze to death from cost. All the while , sitting on huge coal , natural gas reserves. Insanity .
@@mikehannan8932 yes it was in the paper. Crazy
All these federal departments need to be dismantled and if not granted power by constitution not be rebuilt, like www.edu should die for good, rebuild only the ones needed with all new people and leadership. Offer those losing Jobs to move to the border, work for the people fixing something that actually a fed responsibility of securing the border.
For every wind generator you build you need an equal alternative reliable power source to kick in when the wind does not blow or sun does not shine
She will blow us away!
These clowns green new deal is about to be thrown out the back door for good and I just hope we can lock a bunch of these hacks up
where do batteries come from? where does the materials to make batteries come from?
Rare earth minerals. This is why the Chinese are trying to buy them up.
Get rid of this government dept. of energy
AMERICA WAS ENERGY INDEPENDENT!!!!
Prices are UP, COMRADE
Can ANYONE in this administration answer a question???
YOUR FIRED!!
The smirk on her face is highly inappropriate.
Love Senator Lee. Granholms lying smirking face is disturbing
Please remove the term "Honorable" from her name plate.
We were energy dependant under Trump.... You stopped his lowest cost possible ..
The Democrats are going to get the maximum donations from big oil .
Record profits 📈 for the same companies they claim to be moving away from .
This is simple. Drill, baby drill!
Why doesn’t she pay for everyone’s energy?
That made her smile
"Energy Secretary" that hates Energy. The law to "protect marriage" does the opposite. The double speak comes directly out of Orwell's 1984.
Yeah deregulate it completely. Worked great in Texas...except when it is hot, or cold
Batteries that release more CO2 during processing then processing fossil fuels
Thank God for him
This government does not care about us.A lot of rich people invested in this green new deal
Pelosi and her ilk are making tons of money on this green new deal..
I don't mind changing to renewable energy but we're not there yet technologically.