Jon Tester: “Energy is really important, especially in a rural state like…”

“But the bottom line is he doesn't listen to me enough. He needs to. He needs to understand that Energy is really important, especially in a rural state like Montana where distance is such a big deal. and where we're at a northern latitude where cold weather impacts battery technology in a real negative way. So I'm going to continue to fight for conventional energy and renewable energy as much as we possibly can produce moving forward.” (22:56–23:04)

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