John Hoeven: “Nobody has the environmental track record of the United…”

“I mean, some of these stupid regulations, we end up importing oil from OPEC or in some cases even Russia, or we're shutting down coal plants and getting our energy from, like I say, other sources that are less dependable. Nobody has the environmental track record of the United States. We should not only be. And you've heard Doug say this, but I think he. I think I was saying it before you did.” (1:23:49–1:23:53)

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