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Doug Burgum: “The prior administration has basically killed mining in this…”

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

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Senator John Hoeven and Governor Doug Burgum Discuss Energy Dominance and Public Land Management

Published | Video Starts at 02:46

We have to get back in the mining business. We've killed mining. Not we, but The prior administration has basically killed mining in this country. And if we're not mining, we're not in the critical minerals business. We're not in the critical minerals business. We can't build, we can't build a fighter jet, we can't build a car, we can't build a cell phone. (02:46–02:50)

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Asserts that the previous administration negatively impacted the mining industry in the United States.

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