And the emergency was declared not because there was an emergency, but because there was something the President wanted to do. And as you read down in the emergency declaration, you found what The President wanted to allow a bypass of environmental regulations for energy projects. That's what he wanted to do. And he declared a sham emergency in order to do that. I found it further interesting as I read, well, what is the definition of energy projects that are getting a bypass around environmental regulations? (03:46–04:00)
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Asserts that the emergency declaration was to bypass environmental regulations.
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