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Doug Burgum: “It was a full on assault. It started during the Obama…”

Featuring: Doug Burgum, Republican | U.S. Secretary of the Interior | National

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Published | Video Starts at 02:19

And so kind of, you know, moving on from there. Can you discuss how the prior administration's restrictions on federal coal leasing affected long term planning investment decisions for domestic mining companies? Well, it was, It was a full on assault. It started during the Obama administration and then it accelerated during the Biden administration. But in some cases there was rules and regulations that were put in, put in place strictly to try to shut down coal. (02:19–02:27)

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Asserts that coal industry faced increased regulatory challenges during the Obama and Biden administrations.

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