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Troy Downing: “The Biden administration was an adversary to the energy…”

Featuring: Troy Downing, Republican | U.S. House Montana, 2nd Congressional District

Powering America's Future: Rep. Troy Downing on Montana Energy, AI Demand, and Military Service

Published November 7, 2025 | Video Starts at 04:56

And the opportunities are just enormous. If we don't put artificial constraints that are completely misplaced like we saw in the Biden administration. The Biden administration was an adversary to the energy industry. They tried to blacklist things that they didn't like and greenwash things that they did like to try to artificially change that. (04:56–05:00)

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Asserts that the Biden administration opposed the energy industry.

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