WEBVTT - Doug Burgum Talks Offshore Wind, Energy Projects

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<v Speaker 1>Bloomberg Audio Studios, podcasts, radio news.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of the morning calls. This morning, let's turn to

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<v Speaker 2>energy and critical minerals. The Trump administration set to announce

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<v Speaker 2>a major shift in climate rules, rolling back and Obama

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<v Speaker 2>era policy regulating fossil fuels. On that and more, the

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<v Speaker 2>US and Serious Secretary dunk Burgham joins us.

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<v Speaker 1>Now for more.

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<v Speaker 2>Mister Secretary, you have been a busy man over the

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<v Speaker 2>last week. I actually want to start with Project Vote

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<v Speaker 2>and then we'll get to the EPA and what's going

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<v Speaker 2>to happen with regulations around fossil fuels and such. Mister Secretary,

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<v Speaker 2>What is Project Vote and how should I be thinking

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<v Speaker 2>about this in comparison to say the spr.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, it's absolutely a comparison.

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<v Speaker 3>The Strategic Patrolling Reserve has created a great buffer on

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<v Speaker 3>price shocks for American consumers for decades and decades. We

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<v Speaker 3>have no equivalent on critical minerals. There are sixty minerals

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<v Speaker 3>on the critical minerals list. Some of those are rare

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<v Speaker 3>earth elements. China, as you know, Jonathan controls about eighty

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<v Speaker 3>five to one hundred percent of the process and refining

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<v Speaker 3>on about twenty of those, enough to put a stranglehold

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<v Speaker 3>on global industry, whether it's tech high tech, whether it's defense.

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<v Speaker 1>Whether it's consumer.

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<v Speaker 3>And so with the threats last year put out by

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<v Speaker 3>China on export controls, the US leapt into action.

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<v Speaker 1>We're broadly bringing mining back in America.

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<v Speaker 3>But this idea of creating a strategic critical minerals reserve

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<v Speaker 3>across sixty different elements, driven by the private sector, great

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<v Speaker 3>leadership by across the board of multiple Cabinet secretaries in

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<v Speaker 3>the Trump administration, working with the ExM Bank, working with

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<v Speaker 3>the private sector, about ten billion and a loon about

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<v Speaker 3>two billion in equity capital going in.

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<v Speaker 1>This is going to be private sector.

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<v Speaker 3>Funded, market driven, and those critical minerals will be stored

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<v Speaker 3>at locations that are economically smart and economically efficient around

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<v Speaker 3>the country.

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<v Speaker 1>But the idea is that we will.

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<v Speaker 3>In addition to that, last week there was also at

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<v Speaker 3>the State Department a historic meeting. Over fifty countries came

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<v Speaker 3>to the US, all of them some of them already

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<v Speaker 3>signed on others many others interested joining a club of

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<v Speaker 3>nations with free trade on critical minerals with price floors.

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<v Speaker 1>The key on price floors.

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<v Speaker 3>Is that would block China from illegal dumping to kill

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<v Speaker 3>the price across anyone, particularly critical mineral, and that's going

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<v Speaker 3>to allow the assurance for capital to start flowing back

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<v Speaker 3>into mining and refining of these minerals in the US

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<v Speaker 3>and in our allies. So tremendous, tremendous interest from the

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<v Speaker 3>leaders ministers from around the country that were there at

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<v Speaker 3>the event hosted the State Department last week. So anyway,

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<v Speaker 3>great progress going to make sure that US is secure

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<v Speaker 3>relative to our position on critical minerals.

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<v Speaker 2>And MISSUS Secretary you certainly alluded to it. China's got

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<v Speaker 2>a stranglehold over critical minerals in America. Needs to do

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<v Speaker 2>something about it, and overwhelmingly this agreement on this program

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<v Speaker 2>often almost weekly to do something about it. What is

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<v Speaker 2>less understood is why they have that strangle holds. You

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<v Speaker 2>talked about pricing and dumping. What about regulations? This is

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<v Speaker 2>typically quite a dirty process. Is that held back production

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<v Speaker 2>domestically as well?

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<v Speaker 1>Well?

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<v Speaker 3>There's been an attack on American energy in this country,

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<v Speaker 3>but even longer than that, there's been an attack on

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<v Speaker 3>mining in our country. And just like President Trump's drill,

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<v Speaker 3>baby drill, we've got to get back to mine, baby mine.

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<v Speaker 3>The US graduated thirty six thousand lawyers last year and

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<v Speaker 3>about three hundred people with mining and metallurgical degrees.

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<v Speaker 1>China, of course, is not doing it cleaner than any

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<v Speaker 1>you know.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, whether they're tearing up the Congo or Indonesia,

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<v Speaker 3>child labor, illegal cartels, criminal organizations.

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<v Speaker 1>All of these things that are going on.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a dirty industry potentially for the environment, but there's

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<v Speaker 3>a lot of corruption around that, in part because countries

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<v Speaker 3>like America are like those in Europe that have rules

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<v Speaker 3>that have epas that can do things cleaner, better, safer, sparder,

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<v Speaker 3>both in terms of the environment, in terms of the

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<v Speaker 3>labor force. Basically got out of this business, and we've

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<v Speaker 3>got to get the free world's got to get back

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<v Speaker 3>into the mining business and show that with innovation that

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<v Speaker 3>we can do it, and we can do it in

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<v Speaker 3>a way that protects the environment, protects the workers, and

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<v Speaker 3>also then protects the economies of these countries. And so

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<v Speaker 3>this is a strategic importance for the United States to

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<v Speaker 3>get back in. And we've been part of that is

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<v Speaker 3>the permitting process. We've put a stranglehold on permitting. But

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<v Speaker 3>for President Trump, we're breaking the logjam on permitting.

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<v Speaker 1>Big announcements coming around the engagement finding, and.

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<v Speaker 3>This is going to be a huge, huge step forward

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<v Speaker 3>in terms of getting projects done and keeping plants open

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<v Speaker 3>in America.

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<v Speaker 4>Mister Secretary, there's a question around refinding things like lithia

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<v Speaker 4>that are crucial for a lot of the high tech

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<v Speaker 4>aspects that go into our economy. There's a question about

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<v Speaker 4>copper really necessary for the build out of some of

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<v Speaker 4>the hyperscalers in particular. On the other side, there are

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<v Speaker 4>things like coal and real question of some of the

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<v Speaker 4>rollbacks the EPA rules, like lowering emission standards as well

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<v Speaker 4>as potentially increasing the use of coal. Why are those

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<v Speaker 4>necessary to get some of the national security goals that

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<v Speaker 4>you're talking about.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, we'll be making some more announcements on beautiful clean

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<v Speaker 3>coal today, as President Trump likes to call it, and

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<v Speaker 3>should call it, because there's a coal plant running in

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<v Speaker 3>America today. It has survived an onslaught for twenty years.

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<v Speaker 3>But they've taken everything, virtually everything out of the Knox,

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<v Speaker 3>the socks that anything that would be considered an issue

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<v Speaker 3>relative the environment, and what's left. The attack on coal

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<v Speaker 3>as a baseload power has been largely around CO two

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<v Speaker 3>emissions and with the reversal of the Endangement finding that

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<v Speaker 3>says that this was massive overreach by the Obama EPA,

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<v Speaker 3>that we are going to go back to a thing

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<v Speaker 3>where we can have consumer choice, that's lower prices. And

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<v Speaker 3>of course, with the big storms we had in the

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<v Speaker 3>Northeast last week, I mean check back on Secretary Rights

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<v Speaker 3>press conference last Friday, but we would have had millions

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<v Speaker 3>and millions of people in this country without power if

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<v Speaker 3>coal hadn't stepped up. Coal was the hero of keeping

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<v Speaker 3>the lights and the heat on in America, and all

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<v Speaker 3>of the money that has been spent in the northeastern

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<v Speaker 3>part of this country on renewables. There was times during

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<v Speaker 3>those storms where we had less than two percent of

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<v Speaker 3>the power coming from wind and solar. There was more

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<v Speaker 3>coming from burning wooden trash than there was coming from

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<v Speaker 3>wind and solar, and coal in some parts of the

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<v Speaker 3>country was providing twenty five percent of the electricity. So

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<v Speaker 3>we need The Biden plan of energy transition was actually

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<v Speaker 3>energy subtraction. It wasn't addition, it wasn't transition. It was subtraction.

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<v Speaker 3>They were shutting down baseload and then replacing it with intermittent, unreliable,

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<v Speaker 3>foreign sourced forms of energy that required us to build

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<v Speaker 3>out all kinds of additional infrastructure on top of the

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<v Speaker 3>infrastructure already had. That's what drove up prices. We're facing

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<v Speaker 3>this AI arms race with China. We need more power,

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<v Speaker 3>We need energy audition. The way to have energy addition

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<v Speaker 3>is to stop stop getting rid of the stuff that

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<v Speaker 3>already works, and of course that includes our fossil fuel

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<v Speaker 3>baseload and the PGM market. Seventy percent of the power

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<v Speaker 3>was coming from hydrocarbons during those storms. I mean, America

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<v Speaker 3>and the world is dependent on it is going to

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<v Speaker 3>be for in long future.

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<v Speaker 1>Innovation is what we.

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<v Speaker 3>Need to help solve any concerns that people might have

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<v Speaker 3>about future climate change.

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<v Speaker 4>Mister Secretary, A lot of people could get on board

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<v Speaker 4>with that. The problem is that a lot of people

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<v Speaker 4>have pointed out that it feels like there are certain

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<v Speaker 4>energy sources that have gotten subtracted in this administration, as well,

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<v Speaker 4>wind being among them. It's not necessarily that we want

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<v Speaker 4>all energy sources, but picking winners and losers, how do

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<v Speaker 4>you counter that?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, it's easy because we're not picking winners and losers.

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<v Speaker 3>We're picking reliable, affordable, nationally secure sources that can provide

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<v Speaker 3>what Americans need what we need for low prices for consumers,

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<v Speaker 3>what we need for industry, and what we need for AI.

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<v Speaker 3>What we're not subsidizing any longer is intermittent, weather dependent

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<v Speaker 3>foreign source, which in the case of offshore wind, hits

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<v Speaker 3>all three of those. But it's also the highest cost,

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<v Speaker 3>it's not affordable, and it's also opposed.

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<v Speaker 1>By our marine fisheries.

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<v Speaker 3>I was meeting with a group of third and fourth

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<v Speaker 3>generation fishermen in New England last Friday. It's blowing up

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<v Speaker 3>their business. These are the farmers of the sea that

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<v Speaker 3>put food on our table. You meet with the marine

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<v Speaker 3>mammal groups that save the whale groups. They're opposed to

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<v Speaker 3>offshore national security. Now there's a classified reports out that

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<v Speaker 3>the radar interference and above the water and the sonar

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<v Speaker 3>interference below the water of these massive offshore products represent

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<v Speaker 3>real national security risks.

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<v Speaker 1>These are not made up things.

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<v Speaker 3>These are things that have to be considered, particularly related

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<v Speaker 3>to offshore. But with the Working Families tax cut bill

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<v Speaker 3>that got past last July, there are people are not

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<v Speaker 3>contemplating new projects. We have companies that are coming to

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<v Speaker 3>us from around the world that are saying, hey, we're

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<v Speaker 3>not going to be building offshore because we get it.

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<v Speaker 3>It was only viable because of the massive tax subsidies.

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<v Speaker 3>So Americans had to pay twice. They had to pay

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<v Speaker 3>in terms of higher electric costs, and then they also

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<v Speaker 3>had to pay through their thro these tax subsidies.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's the it's all of the above that.

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<v Speaker 3>A reliable, affordable, and dispatchable and don't require massive subsidies.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, and that's the level playing field that we're

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<v Speaker 1>at right.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, Missus Secretary, Just quickly, because people will hate us

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<v Speaker 2>if we're talking about wind farms when payrolls comes out

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<v Speaker 2>about sixty seconds time. But I want to squeeze this

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<v Speaker 2>in courts, as you know, have ruled against your administration'

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<v Speaker 2>stunt work orders on these offshore wind farms. You can

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<v Speaker 2>to appeal that.

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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely we are and as I'm sure as we get

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<v Speaker 3>into court and have sessions and share share classified information,

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<v Speaker 3>there will be further discussions on this. You know, people

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<v Speaker 3>are saying that, oh, this is some ideological attack on

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<v Speaker 3>offshore win. No, this is like a real genuine concern

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<v Speaker 3>and as Americans, we should be concerned.

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<v Speaker 1>No one's reading a story.

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<v Speaker 3>About pilots getting shot down in the Iran or in

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<v Speaker 3>the Russian Ukraine War because everything is autonomous.

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<v Speaker 1>It's autonomous on autonomous.

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<v Speaker 3>And if you've got massive radar interference just off our

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<v Speaker 3>huge population centers, if you wanted to attack America, you

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<v Speaker 3>would launch autonomous drones through those through those things, or

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<v Speaker 3>you launch autonomous submarines because of the sonar interference. And

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<v Speaker 3>so we just have to wake up. Warfare has changed

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<v Speaker 3>in the last four years. The world's different. We have

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<v Speaker 3>to be ready to respond to it.

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<v Speaker 2>MISSUS Secretary, we're talking another time a little bit more

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<v Speaker 2>about this, no doubt. Thank you, sir. The US and

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<v Speaker 2>Terist Secretary Dug Berg and Matt