People asked me about the State of the Union Address and where I found common ground with the President, and he listed and articulated very clearly he wanted to be able to speed up the regulatory process and the speed of that for Federal lands for both oil and gas and renewables.
James Lankford: “People asked me about the State of the Union Address and where I found common ground with the President, and he listed…”
On the recordFebruary 13, 2013
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Lankford discusses finding common ground with the President on speeding up regulatory processes for energy.
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