GOP Candidate Wants To Eliminate Department Of Energy Because He Saw Officials ‘Sitting There Reading Books’

In a statement that would make Ray Bradbury blush, a Republican congressional candidate in North Carolina said he wants to eliminate the Department of Energy, because he personally witnessed officials “sitting there reading books and reading magazines.”

State Sen. David Rouzer, the Republican nominee in North Carolina’s 7th congressional district slated to take on Rep. Mike McIntyre (D-NC), recounted during a primary debate in April about how his experience in the executive branch gives him a unique understanding of how to get rid of cabinet departments wholesale. “When I went over to the Department of Energy one day, you walk down the hall and most of them who are drawing 6-figure salaries are sitting there reading books and reading magazines,” Rouzer told the audience. “Ladies and gentlemen, we can devolve, get rid of the Department of Energy.”

Rouzer also singled out three other cabinet agencies he would like to eliminate: the Department of Commerce, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Department of Education.

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Full article here: http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/09/20/884061/david-rouzer-energy-books/