Wesley Hunt: “Texas is the eighth largest economy in the entire world.”

“No, we're not where we need to be. But what I would like to do is be the energy center of the entire world. We're sitting right here on the Permian Basin. Texas is the eighth largest economy in the entire world. Number nine is the country of Russia. So by unleashing American energy, by doing it cleaner, safer, better than anywhere in the entire world, energy is an input to everything.” (09:30–09:34)

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