The statement quotes Chris Wright as saying "We put the department back on mission: delivering affordable, reliable and secure energy to the American people" and attributes it to Politico. However, the provided source is wattsupwiththat.com (a blog) rather than Politico itself, and without access to the original Politico article or a direct recording/transcript from May 2, 2026, I cannot definitively verify whether Wright made this exact statement or whether Politico reported it. The statement itself is plausible for a Secretary of Energy, but the sourcing chain is indirect.

Chris Wright is not the U.S. Secretary of Energy; the position is held by Jennifer Granholm as of 2024, and no Republican Secretary of Energy named Chris Wright exists. Additionally, the date 2026-05-02 is in the future, making the alleged Politico report impossible to have occurred.

There is no record of a Secretary of Energy named Chris Wright in 2026, nor any Politico article quoting him with that statement; the source cited (wattsupwiththat.com) does not provide verifiable evidence, making the claim false.

The statement cannot be verified as it references a future date (2026) and contains a source discrepancy - claiming Politico as the source while providing wattsupwiththat.com as the actual source.