You inherited a total mess from the previous administration. Do a. A major focus of our fight to defeat inflation is rapidly reducing the cost of energy. The previous administration cut the number of new oil and gas leases by 95%. slowed pipeline construction to a halt, and closed more than 100 power plants. We are opening up many of those power plants right now, and frankly, we have never seen anything like it. (20:46–20:53)
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Asserts that the previous administration reduced new oil and gas leases by 95%.
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