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Chris Wright: “45 coal plants are open today that would not be open…”

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

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'Common Sense Is Returning To Washington DC': Wright Praises Trump Admin Energy Coal Policies

Published | Video Starts at 03:31

It is hard to overstate the magnitude of this. If you look at our efforts across the whole government so far, 45 coal plants are open today that would not be open [without government efforts]. Where would we be to re industrialize America? Where would electricity prices be if we had let all of those plants close? But we're not doing it. The all of those plants. (03:31–03:39)

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Asserts that government actions have kept 45 coal plants operational.

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