WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal issued text of the following press release:
[Hartford, CT] - Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal joined 13 of his Senate colleagues in launching an investigation into the Trump Administration's efforts to kill offshore wind energy projects and seeking answers from four offshore wind companies about the lease buyout agreements.
"These buyouts have been announced amid a larger effort by the Trump Administration to stall wind and solar projects - the energy sources that are cheap, clean, and fastest to bring online - across the country," the Senators wrote. "At a time when gas prices have spiked by an average of more than $1 dollar per gallon due to the President's war in Iran and electricity...