A group of top Democrats is accusing the Department of Energy of breaking the law by canceling nearly $4 billion of clean manufacturing grants authorized by the Biden administration.
Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) and Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) expressed concern that the process of canceling was “haphazard, disorganized, and politically driven.”
“DOE’s decision to terminate these projects runs afoul of the law,” the lawmakers told Energy Secretary Chris Wright in a letter. “These programs were enshrined into law by bipartisan majorities and they represent the will of Congress. You have no legal authority to sabotage them.”
Heinrich is the top Democrat on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, while Lofgren is the top Democrat on the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee and Pallone is the top Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
