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Chris Wright: “10% of people before President Trump was elected got a…”

Featuring: Chris Wright, Republican | Secretary of Energy | National

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🇺🇸 Conference with Chris Wright, Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy

Published | Video Starts at 09:56

We have 2 million deaths every year from indoor air pollution because they don't have basic clean cooking fuel, just a cook stove and propane. We have in our own country. In the United States, 10% of people before President Trump was elected got a utility disconnection notice in the previous 12 months [in the United States]. Most of them did not get their utilities disconnected. But imagine driving your kids to school, struggling to pay your bills, and thinking, how might I tell my kid lights could go out? (09:56–10:04)

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Asserts that 10% of Americans received utility disconnection notices annually before Trump's presidency.

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