Doug Burgum

2.5 billion of offshore and it covers from the US Virgin Islands to American Samoa. It's got in some states more than 50% of the lands in those states are public lands. So think Bureau of Land Management, think US National Parks, think Bureau of Indian Affairs where we hold land and trust for over 500 tribes. Think about US Fish and Wildlife.

2.5 billion of offshore and it covers from the US Virgin Islands to American Samoa. It's got in some states more than 50% of the lands in those states are public lands. So think Bureau of Land Management, think US National Parks, think Bureau of Indian Affairs where we hold land and trust for over 500 tribes. Think about US Fish and Wildlife.

All of these resources combined plus the offshore represent really an enormous amount of wealth that belongs to the American people.

All of these resources combined plus the offshore represent really an enormous amount of wealth that belongs to the American people.

The war on mining goes along with all of the climate extremism that the left has embraced going back, Obama, Biden, their whole approach was we're gonna shut down mining, we're gonna shut down oil and gas development, we're gonna shut down the use of coal, either for thermal uses like electricity or metallurgical for making steel.

The war on mining goes along with all of the climate extremism that the left has embraced going back, Obama, Biden, their whole approach was we're gonna shut down mining, we're gonna shut down oil and gas development, we're gonna shut down the use of coal, either for thermal uses like electricity or metallurgical for making steel.

We're going to shut down grazing on public lands because they were essentially, they were also anti-livestock as part of this thing. But they were most successful on mining. They really, I'm going to say, crushed the mining industry, both the extraction of these resources, but also the processing of that. China, in parallel, I'm sure were part of that from a...

We're going to shut down grazing on public lands because they were essentially, they were also anti-livestock as part of this thing. But they were most successful on mining. They really, I'm going to say, crushed the mining industry, both the extraction of these resources, but also the processing of that. China, in parallel, I'm sure were part of that from a...

I don't want to say from a SIOP standpoint, but just in the same way that Russia wanted to have all of Western Europe go green so they could become dependent on their natural gas, China was happy to have the rest of the Western world stop mining so that they could take control of the markets around these critical minerals, which we need for defense, for technology, for electronics, really for everything today in modern life depends on it.

I don't want to say from a SIOP standpoint, but just in the same way that Russia wanted to have all of Western Europe go green so they could become dependent on their natural gas, China was happy to have the rest of the Western world stop mining so that they could take control of the markets around these critical minerals, which we need for defense, for technology, for electronics, really for everything today in modern life depends on it.

So now in the United States, we've got to get back in the game, and under President Trump, we are. Just this last week, announcing that the resolution copper mine, this is a 30-year saga to get a mine permitted for copper in the US. It was not getting done. President Trump took it on. Three months later, we're announcing that project is beginning.

So now in the United States, we've got to get back in the game, and under President Trump, we are. Just this last week, announcing that the resolution copper mine, this is a 30-year saga to get a mine permitted for copper in the US. It was not getting done. President Trump took it on. Three months later, we're announcing that project is beginning.

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.

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,