{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/markey-statement-on-nomination-of-rex-tillerson-as-secretary-of-state-and-rick-perry-as-secretary-of-energy", "Markey Statement on Nomination of Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State and Rick Perry as Secretary of Energy", "2016-12-13", "2016", "2016-12", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Edward Markey", "M000133", "www.markey.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Markey Statement on Nomination of Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State and Rick Perry as Secretary of Energy \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTuesday, December 13, 2016\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWashington (December 13, 2016) \u2013 Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Foreign Relations Committee and Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement today after President-elect Donald Trump announced plans to nominate ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson to be Secretary of State and Ricky Perry to be Secretary of Energy. These announcements come in the wake of the planned nomination of Scott Pruitt to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the likely nomination of Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers to be Secretary of the Interior.\r\n\u201cIn a Donald Trump administration, America\u2019s foreign policy, energy policy, and environmental policy are all linked by one thing \u2013 oil.\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u201cDonald Trump is drafting a cabinet of Big Oil All-Stars with the plan to drag us back to 19th century dirty energy sources and derail our 21st century clean energy future. These nominations are clear confirmation that a Trump administration will doggedly pursue an \u201coil above all\u201d energy agenda domestically and overseas, at the expense of our economy, national security, and public health. Both Scott Pruitt and Rick Perry have spoken about eliminating the very agencies they are now nominated to lead and have denied the science of climate change. And ExxonMobil\u2019s global drilling interests, especially in Russia and the Ukraine, raise serious questions about conflicts of interest for Mr. Tillerson. Donald Trump doesn\u2019t want to drain the swamp, he wants to drill in it. These nominees\u2019 ties to fossil fuel interests are as deep as an oil well.\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u201cThese nominations are a harbinger of what\u2019s to come under a Trump administration \u2013 a system where oil and gas profits will be paid for by those who suffer the consequences of war, environmental injustice, and climate change. As the world forges ahead with a global climate accord that will help move us toward an energy system that does not threaten people or the planet, we must recommit to making progress on climate change and defend the bedrock environmental protections that ensure clean air, water, and land. \u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u201cThe Trump administration should expect a fight on all of these nominations.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/markey-statement-on-nomination-of-rex-tillerson-as-secretary-of-state-and-rick-perry-as-secretary-of-energy"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7433479186147451, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}