… continue to learn about and understand and hopefully work with you at a city level, a state level and a national level whenever you really need me to be there. You support $251 billion in wages in Texas alone, 620,000 jobs just in natural gas and oil production. It's phenomenal and something that we don't talk about enough and something that I know for one, as an elected leader, I'll do more of into the future, frankly, the health and vitality of our city really based in this industry, as I mentioned before. (03:57–04:11)
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