Energy and Environment

Burgess, Markey Call For GAO Investigation of DOE Support for Near-Bankrupt USEC

| Posted in Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressmen Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-Texas) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today wrote the Government Accountability Office (GAO) calling for an investigation of the Departments of Energy’s (DOE) continued support for the floundering United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC). In their letter to the GAO, the lawmakers point to USEC’s inability to avoid insolvency in the absence of continued DOE bailouts, most recently in the form of $44 million in assistance so that the company could continue work on USEC’s flawed centrifuge technology and tens of thousands of tons of free uranium transferred from the Energy Department to stave off an immediate shut down of its Kentucky enrichment facility. Additionally, the Congressmen cite the recent credit downgrading, technical problems, and inaccurate assertions about the national security benefits as reasons why the nuclear enrichment program may never reach full commercialization.

Weekly Video Address: Denton and Flower Mound Town Halls

| Posted in A Doctor's Note

Dr. Burgess encourages you to attend town hall meetings for residents of the 26th Congressional District of Texas -- in Denton on Wednesday, June 13 and in Flower Mound on Thursday, June 14. Maps and more information are found on the Town Hall page.