John Hoeven: “Under this plan, nearly 213,000 acres, or 45% of federal oil…”

“Instead, the North Dakota Resource Management Plan seeks to curtail coal, oil and gas production by locking away taxpayer owned energy reserves and jeopardizing our nation's energy security. Under this plan, nearly 213,000 acres, or 45% of federal oil and gas acreage, is closed off to new leasing. It also closes off Access to over 4 million acres, nearly 99% of federal coal impacting development at all of North Dakota's major lignite coal mines.” (01:09–01:20)

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