Doug Burgum

There's a capability called fast tracking where you can speed up. There have only been two mining operations in the US history that had ever been put on that list to accelerate their permitting. President Trump added 10 more mining projects last week. There's going to be dozens more in the weeks ahead that will be announced that are being added to that list. So we're getting back in the game.

But again, the Obama-Biden and that whole approach of of anti-mining has put us in a precarious situation of dependence on an adversary who is now using that as a tool in the Cold War we're in.

But again, the Obama-Biden and that whole approach of of anti-mining has put us in a precarious situation of dependence on an adversary who is now using that as a tool in the Cold War we're in.

Well, and as a former, yes, I spent my career both in technology as a business person, but really that's what I did as governor, was continue to be a businessman. And here in government, same thing, because we've got to drive efficiency. And one of the ways that the tool that's been used to kill all of these natural resource problems industries in America has been permitting.

Well, and as a former, yes, I spent my career both in technology as a business person, but really that's what I did as governor, was continue to be a businessman. And here in government, same thing, because we've got to drive efficiency. And one of the ways that the tool that's been used to kill all of these natural resource problems industries in America has been permitting.

I mean, permitting has been just drag on, drag on years, decades, then finally a permits issue, then a lawsuit is filed, then it drags on in court. And that uncertainty has driven the capital formation out of these industries. And it's caused actually even American companies to say, well, if I'm gonna do mining, I better do it overseas. And if you really cared about the environment,

I mean, permitting has been just drag on, drag on years, decades, then finally a permits issue, then a lawsuit is filed, then it drags on in court. And that uncertainty has driven the capital formation out of these industries. And it's caused actually even American companies to say, well, if I'm gonna do mining, I better do it overseas. And if you really cared about the environment,

you know, the folks that are pushing these lawsuits and funding these lawsuits, if you cared about it, you'd want to have it all done here. You'd want to have everything mined in the U.S., processed in the U.S. You'd want to have every electron, every barrel of oil and gas produced here. We do it cleaner, better, safer, smarter, and healthier here in the U.S.

you know, the folks that are pushing these lawsuits and funding these lawsuits, if you cared about it, you'd want to have it all done here. You'd want to have everything mined in the U.S., processed in the U.S. You'd want to have every electron, every barrel of oil and gas produced here. We do it cleaner, better, safer, smarter, and healthier here in the U.S.

because when we attack these resource-based industries, we don't reduce the we just shift the supply to overseas, and then shift it to China, who might be extracting this from the DRC in the middle of Africa, and they're doing it without reclamation. They're doing it with sometimes slave labor, prisoner labor. I mean, they're doing it with no emissions control on what they're doing.

because when we attack these resource-based industries, we don't reduce the we just shift the supply to overseas, and then shift it to China, who might be extracting this from the DRC in the middle of Africa, and they're doing it without reclamation. They're doing it with sometimes slave labor, prisoner labor. I mean, they're doing it with no emissions control on what they're doing.

So it's worse for the global environment. It helps our adversaries. It hurts our economy. And it's horrible for national security. So it's literally 180 degrees. They're taking down a path. The Obama-Biden was taking us down a path 180 degrees in the wrong direction. President Trump is changing that because he understands that both...

So it's worse for the global environment. It helps our adversaries. It hurts our economy. And it's horrible for national security. So it's literally 180 degrees. They're taking down a path. The Obama-Biden was taking us down a path 180 degrees in the wrong direction. President Trump is changing that because he understands that both...

Peace abroad and prosperity at home is that we have to be competitive in these natural resource industries, including the production of energy and producing critical minerals.

Peace abroad and prosperity at home is that we have to be competitive in these natural resource industries, including the production of energy and producing critical minerals.

Well, this is a wonderful connection between two powerful presidents. Theodore Roosevelt in 1907 had the foresight and the wisdom to set aside what became known as the Roosevelt Reservation. Right, yeah.

Well, this is a wonderful connection between two powerful presidents. Theodore Roosevelt in 1907 had the foresight and the wisdom to set aside what became known as the Roosevelt Reservation. Right, yeah.

a 60-foot strip across New Mexico, Arizona, and California, which could, at the authority of the Secretary of Interior, be transferred to the Department of Defense, in his words of the day, to stop smuggling. Well, what have we had? We've had human trafficking, smuggling. fentanyl flowing in, sort of mass invasion, mass casualties.

a 60-foot strip across New Mexico, Arizona, and California, which could, at the authority of the Secretary of Interior, be transferred to the Department of Defense, in his words of the day, to stop smuggling. Well, what have we had? We've had human trafficking, smuggling. fentanyl flowing in, sort of mass invasion, mass casualties.

Well, now we have a 60-foot strip that's been transferred to the U.S. DOD. If someone sets foot on that, they're trespassing on a military installation. Now the troops that President Trump, through the border emergency, has deployed down there, they can detain someone for that trespassing until the border patrol, who's got arrest authority, can arrest them.