WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Patty Murray issued the following press release:
Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, sent a letter (https://www.murray.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/murray_kaptur_blast_doe_for_illegally_funneling_carbon_capture_funds_to_prop_up_coal_plants_demand_department_halts_plans-MURRAY.pdf) to Energy Secretary Chris Wright calling on him to immediately halt the Department of Energy's (DOE) plans to illegally spend funds provided for carbon capture programs to instead prop...