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John Duarte: “It's no water on the farms. It's not drilling american oil…”

Featuring: John Duarte, Republican | Former U.S. House, California, District 13

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The 13th Congressional District w/ John Duarte

Published | Video Starts at 17:42

… just can't afford the same produce and protein on their dinner plate as they could a half a generation ago. And you believe that's highly because regulatory issues, it's entirely. It's no water on the farms. It's not drilling american oil. I sit on energy and minerals subcommittee and natural resources. We're abandoning resources left, right and center. We're abandoning our forest resources, we're abandoning our mining resources, we're abandoning our food production resources, energy. And when we say we're going to stop drilling american oil, it's completely ludicrous. Even if Zeus could fart the kilowatts, we need to keep our grid lit, much less solar panels or windmills. (17:42–18:01)

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Asserts that the U.S. is abandoning various natural resources, including water, oil, forests, mining, and food production.

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