PolitiQuote

Discover video-sourced quotes by politicians

Chris Wright: “In the last 20 years we've tripled our oil production, more…”

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

Watch on YouTube

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

Published | Video Starts at 21:04

Absolutely. For as far as the eye can see. So that's good news. And the grids. The grids. So I talk about the shale revolution, the, the U.S. In the last 20 years we've tripled our oil production, more than doubled our natural gas production, but we barely produce more electricity today than we did 20 years ago. It's embarrassing. And China, as you've all seen, has just skyrocketed their growth of electricity production and they've barely grown their oil production and barely grown their natural gas production. (21:04–21:14)

CLAIM

Asserts that U.S. oil production has tripled, natural gas production has more than doubled, but electricity production has barely increased in 20 years.

This is an excerpt from a raw transcript. The assertions have not been audited or verified. Tap the video to view the source footage and understand the context.


Chris Wright

Discover more from

Chris Wright

Report A Transcription Error

Please report any error in the automated transcription.

About PolitiQuote

PolitiQuote is a civic library index to statements made by politicians in publicly available video records. The index is created automatically from transcripts, with no editorial oversight or analysis. Highlighted quotes are selected by AI. Words may be added in parentheses to offer context for the quote. There may be errors in the transcription and display, so listen to the video to ensure accuracy.

PolitiQuote is a service of Gigafact Foundation, a nonpartisan nonprofit advancing facts and information transparency, community by community.

Visit gigafact.org to learn more.