If the Democrats win this debate and we don't produce energy--if we use these old statements of 68 million acres and 80 something percent is leased, that is not factual; 2.5 percent of the Outer Continental Shelf is leased, the good spots are not leased--then we are giving the future of this country away.
Discussing energy production and leasing of the Outer Continental Shelf.
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