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Press conference for cabinet nominees of U.S. President Elect Ronald Reagan, Secretary of the Interior nominee James G. Watt discussing consumer economy, saying we cannot afford to lock up or utilize basic resources for one specific purpose. Watt says it will be his commitment to bring balanced type of management so that special interest groups do not dominate department policy-making. Middle-aged adult Caucasian male reporter asks Secretary of Energy nominee James B. Edwards how he plans to dismantle the Department of Energy; Edwards jokes that someone said if he does dismantle the DOE, he better be reserved a place on Mount Rushmore; says at this stage we should wait, needs to discuss his plans with President Reagan. Edwards says we have real world problems that need to be solved first. Edwards mentions world problems and reducing bureaucracy in the Department of Energy. Off-screen male reporter asks Edwards what qualifies him to be Energy Secretary, as he is an oral surgeon; Edwards jokes the polls said the only thing he knows how to do is drill teeth, mentions his activity in the South Carolina State Senate on the Nuclear Energy Committee and serving in the Nuclear Committee in the National Governors Conference. Edwards mentions his energy team’s involvement in the Three Mile Island situation.