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Tim Kaine: “The United States was producing more energy than at any time…”

Featuring: Tim Kaine, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Virginia

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'Nothing But A Giveaway To The Oil And Gas Interests': Tim Kaine Shreds Trump's 'Energy Emergency'

Published | Video Starts at 02:17

I was puzzled by the President's determination that America in January of 2025 was in an energy emergency. Because I went back and checked and found that The United States was producing more energy than at any time in its history at the beginning of the Trump administration. United States. Where's the emergency? We were producing more oil, gas and coal than at any time in the history of the United States. Where's the emergency? (02:17–02:31)

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Asserts that the U.S. was at peak energy production at the start of Trump's administration.

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