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John Hoeven: “The Dakota Access Pipeline is moving almost 800,000 barrels…”

Featuring: John Hoeven, Republican | U.S. Senate North Dakota

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Published | Video Starts at 1:04:46

It needs to be cost effective and efficient, and it needs to be safe. In the case of the Dakota Access Pipeline, as you said, it's been … The Dakota Access Pipeline is moving almost 800,000 barrels of light sweet crude from North Dakota. … the importance to our economy in terms of not only energy security, but national security. And just you also have to realize that if we weren't moving it by that pipeline, it would take over 1,000 rail cars a day to move that oil. (1:04:46–1:05:03)

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Asserts that the Dakota Access Pipeline transports nearly 800,000 barrels of oil from North Dakota.

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