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Riley Moore: “Their entire economy, their state budget, state government…”

Featuring: Riley Moore, Republican | U.S. House West Virginia, District 2

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Eastern Panhandle Talk: U.S. Congressman Riley Moore (1.13.2025)

Published | Video Starts at 13:41

And the folks in Alaska are particularly upset about that. They get 50, 50 spread in terms of what they're drilling offshore there and Their entire economy, their state budget, state government is heavily reliant, almost in totality funded by the extractive industries, specifically on oil. I mean, this is not good for them. It's not good for Louisiana, Mississippi. I mean, you can think about all the other states that have that. (13:41–13:55)

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Asserts that Alaska's economy and government funding are heavily reliant on oil extraction.

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