Beth Van Duyne: “Texas has 500,000 direct jobs in the energy sector.”

“Potentially. But I really believe that their Green New Deal that they have pushed through on all sorts of bills that are hurting us are definitely hurting Texas. I mean, Texas has 500,000 direct jobs in the energy sector. And for every one job, they've got another two that tie into the energy sector. So that represents $1.5 million, 1.5 million employees in Texas.” (10:24–10:31)

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