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Ron Johnson: “We basically have a de facto moratorium drilling in the…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Johnson Discusses Gas Prices on Cavuto

Published | Video Starts at 00:07

Your guests say that this president doesn't have an energy policy. He does have an energy policy. It's just a very bad policy. We basically have a de facto moratorium drilling in the Gulf. He won't drill in anwr. He won't allow the Keystone XL pipeline to proceed. Earlier, Secretary Chub for he sworn in said we have to figure out a way to get our gasoline prices the price of Europe. (00:07–00:10)

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Asserts that there is an unofficial halt on drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

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