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Mike Kennedy: “If we're buying oil and natural gas from our enemies like…”

Featuring: Mike Kennedy, Republican | U.S. House Utah, 3rd Congressional District

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U.S. Rep Mike Kennedy - 2025 Uintah Basin Energy Summit

Published | Video Starts at 05:01

And we must remember that our phones, tablets, computers, TVs, satellites, rockets and the defense of our country all owe a great debt to our petroleum producers. And there's so much more If we're buying oil and natural gas from our enemies like Venezuela and Brazil, places that do not, on an international level, want to support us...our very security is at risk. us. If Russia and China are supporting the energy infrastructure of the world instead of the United States of America, our very security is at risk. (05:01–05:17)

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Asserts that buying oil and gas from Venezuela and Brazil poses a security risk.

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