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Scott Bessent: “Texas now has more Fortune 500 companies.”

Featuring: Scott Bessent, Republican | Secretary of the Treasury | National

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Scott Bessent: This has been a BLOW OUT

Published | Video Starts at 00:39

And I was at the Reagan Library in California, which is a role model in how to tank one of the greatest places in the United States. So Texas now has more Fortune 500 companies. It's part of the energy dominance. As you said, the US now is an energy superpower. We surpassed Saudi Arabia and Russia down here in Texas. (00:39–00:42)

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Asserts that Texas has surpassed other states in the number of Fortune 500 companies.

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