WASHINGTON (AP) — Rick Perry twice ran for president and appeared as a contestant on "Dancing with the Stars."

But since becoming President Donald Trump's energy secretary, Perry has kept a low profile and rarely has been seen publicly around Washington. Comedian Hasan Minhaj joked at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner that Perry must be "sitting in a room full of plutonium waiting to become Spider-Man. That's just my hunch."

In truth, Perry has been busy — but far away from the capital.

He has toured Energy Department sites around the country, represented the Trump administrat...