Doug Burgum

And that's going to take us really getting to work on bringing more generation online and stop shutting down the base load that we have right now. Regardless of source, we've got to keep every plant we have going right now. Otherwise, we're going to be facing brownouts and blackouts in this country.

Well, energy, like many commodities, has a futures price. And the markets are already reflecting in future price that people think energy prices are going to come down. And why is that? Because they understand that this administration is going to accelerate the supply, whether it's oil and gas, whether it's ethanol, whether it's electricity.

Well, energy, like many commodities, has a futures price. And the markets are already reflecting in future price that people think energy prices are going to come down. And why is that? Because they understand that this administration is going to accelerate the supply, whether it's oil and gas, whether it's ethanol, whether it's electricity.

We're racing to try to get more available energy on the market for Americans. We're trying to get more energy to sell to our allies so they can stop buying from our adversaries. And with more supply, your prices come down.

We're racing to try to get more available energy on the market for Americans. We're trying to get more energy to sell to our allies so they can stop buying from our adversaries. And with more supply, your prices come down.

The prior administration, the Biden administration, through regulation, red tape, through policy, through public land use, where they were illegally not holding the required lease sales for private companies to develop energy on public lands, They were doing everything they could to restrict U.S. supply. But when they were restricting U.S. supply, they were just shifting the demand overseas.

The prior administration, the Biden administration, through regulation, red tape, through policy, through public land use, where they were illegally not holding the required lease sales for private companies to develop energy on public lands, They were doing everything they could to restrict U.S. supply. But when they were restricting U.S. supply, they were just shifting the demand overseas.

And when the demand is being filled overseas by places like, you know, if China is building all of our batteries and building all our solar panels, they're doing that without an EPA, without any regard to the environment, tearing up countries in Africa and using child labor to produce a battery that we were subsidizing with taxpayer dollars makes no sense for us and doesn't make any sense for the environment.

And when the demand is being filled overseas by places like, you know, if China is building all of our batteries and building all our solar panels, they're doing that without an EPA, without any regard to the environment, tearing up countries in Africa and using child labor to produce a battery that we were subsidizing with taxpayer dollars makes no sense for us and doesn't make any sense for the environment.

So this approach of having American energy, if people care that are listening, care about the environment, you should want to have every electron, every ounce of liquid fuels produced in the U.S. We do it cleaner, smarter, safer and better for the environment. The U.S. is the leader in lowering emissions in the world. China is on the opposite end of the scale.

So this approach of having American energy, if people care that are listening, care about the environment, you should want to have every electron, every ounce of liquid fuels produced in the U.S. We do it cleaner, smarter, safer and better for the environment. The U.S. is the leader in lowering emissions in the world. China is on the opposite end of the scale.

They're the world's largest polluter and they continue to grow in that way. So it's like us doing it here in America. First approach is also the best for our environment and for the global environment.

They're the world's largest polluter and they continue to grow in that way. So it's like us doing it here in America. First approach is also the best for our environment and for the global environment.

Well, we play it in a big way because the 64 national parks, the hundreds of national historic sites, the National Mall here in DC, that's all under the Park Service. US Fish and Wildlife, our fantastic fish and wildlife refuges around the country. All of these things are public lands and the special places that we have, the last best places, we're doing a fantastic job.

Well, we play it in a big way because the 64 national parks, the hundreds of national historic sites, the National Mall here in DC, that's all under the Park Service. US Fish and Wildlife, our fantastic fish and wildlife refuges around the country. All of these things are public lands and the special places that we have, the last best places, we're doing a fantastic job.

We have to continue to preserve those and we can do energy development and preserve these spaces. The last best places that we have, the parks are only a tiny fraction of the land mass of this giant number, the 500 million acres of surface. The national parks only represent a smaller portion of that. So we can do both.

We have to continue to preserve those and we can do energy development and preserve these spaces. The last best places that we have, the parks are only a tiny fraction of the land mass of this giant number, the 500 million acres of surface. The national parks only represent a smaller portion of that. So we can do both.

We can do energy development cleanly, sustainably, and smartly, and we can do everything to actually not only protect, but actually invest in. The Great America Outdoors Act is up for renewal. That's fully supported by this administration. There are a number of initiatives and one coming right around the corner, the USA 250 celebration.

We can do energy development cleanly, sustainably, and smartly, and we can do everything to actually not only protect, but actually invest in. The Great America Outdoors Act is up for renewal. That's fully supported by this administration. There are a number of initiatives and one coming right around the corner, the USA 250 celebration.

One of the executive orders asks every agency, including every department within the Department of Interior, every bureau, what are we doing to get ready in our parks and around the country and in all of our beautiful places to help America celebrate USA 250. So that's a big part of what we do. And of course, people may not also realize that The territories are part of Interior.