According to CoinMeta, after the Democrats regained control of Congress, U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry stated that he welcomed any investigations that may be initiated by Democratic lawmakers in the future. The Democrats will take control of various congressional committees next year, and at that time, they will have the authority to investigate the Trump administration's activities in the energy sector. Perry said, "We welcome any investigation and are also willing to explain everything we have done." At the beginning of this year, Robert Garcia, the Democratic chair of the House Oversight Committee, requested information from the Department of Energy and other government departments regarding their involvement in managing Venezuela's oil revenues after the United States detained Venezuelan leaders. Some Democrats also stated that they would investigate the Trump administration's actions to repeal clean energy support policies.