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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a Senate Environment and Public Works member, joined David Asman on Fox Business today to discuss the importance of American energy independence in light of the cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline. Excerpts and a link to the full interview are below.
On America’s Energy Security:
“Energy independence is more than just independence – it’s not even just dominance – it’s national security. One of the main competitors in the global marketplace for oil is Russia. So as we shut down pipelines, as we shut down drilling on federal lands and federal minerals, as we are making it regulatory difficult, we really are hurting our national security, as well as our economic security, when we hurt our own energy security. I hope we are learning a valuable lesson before it’s too late.”
On Diminishing America’s Energy Supply:
“Energy touches everything in the value chain. … The biggest problem is that the demand isn’t going away around the world. The difference is, instead of the United States filling the demand, Saudi Arabia will fill the demand or Venezuela will fill the demand or Iran will fill the demand.”
