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Sen. James Inhofe, (R-Okla.), on why the Administration’s policies are hurting oil production in the U.S.
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Says that the president -- also good game on drilling trouble is the Oklahoma Republican senator says.
There's just one TB problem he is not dribbling the senator's support of oil.
Drawing the wrath of none other than Alec Baldwin via Twitter posting several down -- nasty -- -- including and I apologize -- Some of the language here is there a bigger oil -- or alive.
Then James in off think about that would he say this.
Of a Democrat or someone who did not share his particular political viewpoints.
You know the media is fond of appointing him to senator's critics we thought it would be a good idea to talk to the senator senator good to have you thanks for coming.
Business to be back they -- remember back in 2007 that was after Bobby Kennedy's senate should be paying for treason.
Now another exam.
The prosecutor I think things are improving.
Lifted up.
There is that -- -- I I remember days senator when everyone ignored Fox News and I live is like in the witness protection program them when they started paying attention.
Odd to me I I welcomed the criticism because I say I've I've moved up in the world.
On but what you know what what happens here when you when you go against the popular brain that is to do the media mainstream -- on on.
On this said you you know what you've got but you still get it.
What you what do you think of of of these that the likes of Alec Baldwin and -- junior and some of these others and anymore.
Who just take these personal attacks.
Well you know he knew it if you don't have logic on your side you know -- on your side you don't have science and here's.
All they can do is -- on -- used to pretty immune to that fact academy and -- it in a way because they.
The more -- -- and -- that -- they get.
Well see I'm not like you because I know I have these parents otherwise -- -- very thin skin senator I remember every slight.
From like the idiocy you sound like my life.
And at this -- -- -- aren't any issue at at at at hand now.
You're saying the president is really kind of talking a good game here but he's not.
But delivering it -- where on on this issue of drilling do you stand because the president says under his.
Presidency we've actually seen drilling in -- not -- Greece no evidence that -- go ahead and it and explain.
There's no difference at all in fact -- yes we've gotten a lot that shale opportunities out there right now we have more recoverable reserves.
That any country in the world the problem is we have at present administration who won't let us drill not you don't believe that this -- what they said.
This administration believes it is no longer sufficient to address our nation's energy he needs by finding more cost of fields.
He has been it's been a fight against fossil -- report a half years ago before he was even president.
Now it comes to my state of Oklahoma -- and has a news conference down there at Cushing that's kind of the intersection of all of the the pipeline.
The reason he is not opposing these views from south from could you down -- -- Texas is because he can't.
He good if he -- and he did in the northern part.
So the president is trying to it's such an insult to the people at certainly -- -- and I think although everybody knows it's been a war.
So really quickly senator when he's also the president you know.
I found it interesting that he kept referring to the the southern part of the pipeline now it's the Cushing pipeline it's not that he -- but yeah but my.
What what do you make of that he's trying to claim offense at -- revenue beyond -- Well he's feigning -- and I think it's very clever and to do that because how many people out there are no enough about Keystone Pipeline to note that as it comes down from Alberta down -- Nebraska down into Cushing and then -- He could stop it -- -- -- up there because it's it goes through.
It crosses lines being countries he can't stop it.
From fishing on down south therefore he's taking credit for not stopping things that he can't stop the look equities did.
Every one of these budgets I think we talked about this court.
The F proceeds that you're trying to do it percentage depletion.
Section 199 that's -- manufactured deduction.
IDC.
All of these things he's tried to do you -- some breaking news now -- Nobody knows this -- on Monday night he's gonna try -- senator Menendez.
-- in state all of these things take away.
All of these opportunities that are out there right now he's trying he'll be trying to destroy.
The oil and gas industry this coming Monday night there's going to be a vote you what's gonna happen with -- New Jersey senator Menendez on Monday night what is he gonna do.
He'd introduce ability -- this England Bernie Sanders from Vermont introduced this I would down was able to kill it to do one on the senate floor.
That's not a conservative -- was this the oil speculator one.
Yeah this is the one where they have that percentage depletion allowance they had this section 109 that's -- manufacturing.
He's -- to be emphasizing going after the speculators -- that's the headline he's gonna your assignment in voted in this is always obvious stuff that people don't know.
Is to directly.
May have massive tax increase -- on -- oil production in around in.
And you know we have these things into it was thinks it's -- -- out in the in the western part of the United States.
Look at the Marcellus -- That's at the new York and Pennsylvania so this isn't just me this is mark -- much -- look at the huge unemployment that is in those areas that he's trying to destroy.
He's always had this war and also feels.
He's tried to do hydraulic fracturing to stop them from being able to get into these type formation so anyway.
I think we're really in this when that's gonna sit at a Denver and so he -- blamed for pressed against the -- all right thank you.
-- -- -- always good having you want and again we should have thoughts and is alert when you just heard that the senator is -- had -- that is forty years.
On Monday the president is going to put his considerable weight and -- -- Behind.
-- New Jersey senator Menendez -- efforts to rein in the oil industry not just on that speculators are not since you've been hearing about.
But on production itself you -- here first.
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