Former Energy Secretary slams the Biden administrations far-left climate policies on 'Hannity'
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It Joe Biden if he gets his way
coming to a neighborhood near
you
here with the reaction, his
first tv interview since
departing the White House,
former Energy Secretary, Rick
Perry
good to see you again
im hoping youre enjoying your
retirement. I have a funny
feeling. Youre, probably working
hard
retirement is not on my
radar.
I believe that
I interviewed last night right
here on this program, guys that
work on the pipeline
also guys that were talking
about between the interviews
ive been doing on radio and tv.
These are career high, paying
specialized trained jobs.
You are not going to replace
them.
One hundred thousand up to two hundred and fifty thousand dollars a year.
They just wiped out and now
will be dependent on energy
again after reaching energy
dependence for the first time in
seventy five years.
This is a disaster,
absolutely
one of the things that caught my
attention when this executive
action was John Kerry piped in
that these people can go over
and get jobs, making solar
panels.
Well, I guess thats pretty easy
said for a guy that married into
his money,
these folks that have to work
for their paychecks people, who
are out there working really
really hard to take care of
their families.
For someone to say just work
and some other area
number one, a lot of those solar
panels are made in China
again, if you want to talk about
who is the big winner out of
these bite and executive orders
in the energy sector,
its China,
its Russia, its IRAN?
It just flabbergasted me to
think that weve got a president
of the United States that so
wants to be liked by the aocs
of the world or think those
individuals of the green new
deal are somehow going to keep
them in office and to turn his
back on Labor union workers,
people who are out there
creating wealth and, I might
add, Sean over the last four
years- the emissions, the
transitioning over to national
gas in getting these efficient
power plants out of the mix.
America was doing its part
to move our emissions down
the Chinese, and I would suggest
India as well are over. There
creating a huge amount of energy
using old, inefficient and a
lot of coal power coming out of
India and China
have to really look at what are
we doing here?
Whats the long term gains for
America and in the energy
sector in particular?
Let me add this other thing.
You know which state I think
gets hurt worse out of this
administration and these
executive orders
not only the attack on fossil
fuels, shutting down the Accell
pipeline, but the executive
order to stop drilling on
federal lands, its new Mexico,
New Mexicos Democrat
governor id love to have her
on our show to use here what
shes going to say about their
states budget.
It is going to be decimated.
I mean my bet is its probably
over fifty percent and may be over sixty percent
of their total budget director.
Indirectly,
it comes from the oil and gas
industry, particularly on those
federal lands.
He was on this program tonight
about Joe Bidens executive
order on stopping that drilling
on federal lands. What would
his nominee for Department of
Interior, a new mexican
citizen say about that?
It so sad? All of
these things are happening
if this will have a direct
impact on your state too.
I feel terrible for all the
people who lost their jobs
were not going to replace them
highly skilled, very specific
skill, and we are endangering
the country,
its bad for national security.
We are all going to pay more
and they are not going to
replace it with solar panels and
wind things.
You cant translate that skill
to that other new business, no
matter how much money they throw
at it.
Mr Secretary youre, welcome to
come on in a t, shirt. Any time
show us the rugged Texas Spirit,
which I love. As you know,
listen collared shirts are
not required in Texas.
This is casual Friday
im all in.
If I could talk my bosses into
it, I would rip this stupid tie
off now.
Thank you.
I appreciate it.
Thanks for what youre doing,
I think it so important for
people to understand how this
administration is just gunning-
Americans, middle class
Americans who are working hard
for their families. They are
just seeing their jobs thrown
away with the stroke of a pen.
New Mexico is really going to be
impacted in an incredibly
terrible way.
Inc get ready, your
heating bills went up and the
price you pay at the pump is
going way up.
They are not going to replace.
Transcript generated on 2021-01-31.