Troy Meink: “They closed down areas even like the National Petroleum…”

“So across the board, we've been working to try to accelerate projects. We do that first by following the law. As you know, the Biden administration failed to hold lease sales onshore offshore. They closed down areas even like the National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska. which was designed in 1923 to be a petroleum reserve, going through the steps to reopen up the public lands that were designated for energy resource.” (01:52–01:59)

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