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>> IT’S HARD TO MAKE PLANS WHEN
YOU’VE GOT AN ADMINISTRATION
THAT’S TRYING TO CRUSH YOUR
FUTURE.
>> I DON’T WANT TO DRAW
UNEMPLOYMENT.
THERE’S A LOT OF PEOPLE HURTING.
HE ADDED TO THE LIST.
JILLIAN: THOUSANDS OF JOBS LOST
WITH NO RELIEF IN SIGHT.
NOW LAID OFF PIPELINE WORKERS
AND INDUSTRY LEADERS WILL SIT
DOWN FOR A DISCUSSION.
NEIL CRABTREE WILL PARTICIPATE
ALONG WITH ARKANSAS CONGRESSMAN
BRUCE WESTERMAN.
BOTH JOIN ME LIVE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
JILLIAN: NEIL, I WANT TO START
WITH YOU.
WE AIRED A CLIP OF THE PIECE
FROM WHEN CARLEY SHIMKUS WENT TO
VISIT YOU AMONG OTHERS.
THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF
FEBRUARY.
WE’RE MORE THAN A MONTH LATER.
HAVE YOU OR ANY OF THE OTHERS
GOTTEN ANY JOBS?
>> WELL, NOT YET.
WHEN THESE CONTRACTORS, WHEN THE
PIPELINE WAS CANCELED, THEY’RE
OFTENTIMES LEFT SCRAMBLING,
TRYING TO FILL THE VOID, TRYING
TO FIND OTHER PROJECTS TO BID ON
AND THE KEYSTONE WAS SO LARGE
THAT IT TOOK MOST OF OUR
COMPANY’S ASSETS THAT HAD TO
STAY FOCUSED ON BUILDING IT SO
IT’S NOT AN EXAGGERATION TO SAY
THAT A LOT OF THE THE GUY T’S TH
DEPENDING ON THE KEYSTONE MAY
NOT WORK AT ALL THIS YEAR.
JILLIAN: HOW IS EVERYONE PAYING
THEIR BILLS?
HOW ARE THEY SURVIVING?
>> HOPEFULLY THEY’VE DONE LIKE
ME AND SAVED A LITTLE MONEY OVER
THE YEARS AND WE’RE PRETTY
HANDY.
WE FIND ODD OF JOBS TO TRY TO
HELP OUT BUT IT STILL DOESN’T
PAY THE HEALTH INSURANCE AND THE
BENEFITS THAT WE’RE USED TO
GETTING.
JILLIAN: ABSOLUTELY.
THAT’S A HUGE LOSS.
CONGRESSMAN, I WANT TO BRING YOU
IN HERE.
TELL ME ABOUT THIS ROUND TABLE,
TELL ME WHO WILL BE A PART OF IT
AND WHAT EVERYONE IS HOPING TO
GET OUT OF IT.
>> GOOD MORNING, JILLIAN.
WE’RE PLANNING TO MEET WITH NEIL
AND SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT HE IS
BRINGING TOGETHER, MOST OF THESE
ARE UNION WORKERS WHO HAVE LOST
THEIR JOBS OR WILL BE AFFECTED
BY THE POLICIES OF THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION.
THESE ARE THE LOCK US UP, LET
THEM IN POLICIES THAT THE LEFT
IS PUSHING AND LOCKING DOWN THE
KEYSTONE PIPELINE, LOCKING UP
FEDERAL LANDS FOR ENERGY
PRODUCTION AND EVEN LOCKING DOWN
THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL WHILE
WE OPENED THE BORDERS AND WE
OPENED UP OUR ECONOMY FOR
FOREIGN OIL, FOR CHINESE SUPPLY LINES,
cost support options.
AND IT’S PEOPLE LIKE NEIL THAT
ARE LOSING THEIR JOBS, BUT EVERY
AMERICAN IS GOING TO LOSE THEIR
JOB IN THE LONG TIME.
>> HAVE YOU GUYS HEARD FROM
CONGRESSLIKE NEIL WHO ARE
STRUGGLING LIKE THIS, NEED TO
FIND WORK?
>> YEAH, WE TALK ABOUT GREEN
JOBS, SHOW US THE JOBS.
IT’S NOT TO SAY THAT WE CAN’T
HAVE GREEN JOBS IN THE FUTURE,
AND WE CAN’T ALL WORK TOWARDS A
CLEANER, SAFER, HEALTHIER
ENVIRONMENT, BUT IMPORTING OIL,
IMPORTING CRITICAL MINERALS FROM
CHINA AND BRINGING ALL THIS
STUFF ACROSS THE OCEAN FROM
CHINA WHERE WE COULD IMPORT OIL
FROM OUR NEIGHBORS IN CANADA NEW
AN EFFICIENTLY OPERATING
PIPELINE, THERE WAS ACTUALLY
GREEN JOBS BEING CREATED WITH
THIS PIPELINE.
>> I UNDERSTAND MEMBERS FROM THE
ENERGY, AGRICULTURE,
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES ARE
GOING TO BE JOINING YOU AND
JOINING NEIL TODAY.
NEIL, WHAT ARE YOU HOPING TO GET
OUT OF THIS, AND DO YOU FINALLY
FEEL LIKE PERHAPS YOUR VOICE IS
BEING HEARD WHEN YOU HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY LIKE THIS ROUND
TABLE?
>> WHAT WE’RE HOPING TO GET OUT
OF IT IS NOT JUST FOR THE
CONGRESSMAN, YOU KNOW, TO HEAR
OUR CONCERNS, BECAUSE I’M PRETTY
SURE HE KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE, BUT
WE’RE LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS.
AND I KNOW IT’S DIFFICULT
BECAUSE REPUBLICANS ARE IN THE
MINORITY IN BOTH HOUSES.
SO WE’RE IN A TOUGH SITUATION
RIGHT NOW.
BUT WE BELIEVE THERE’S THINGS
THAT CAN BE DONE.
AND, LIKE I SAY, WE’RE LOOKING
AT SOLUTIONS NOT JUST FOR THE
PIPELINE INDUSTRY THE, BUT FOR
THE ENERGY INDUSTRY IN THIS
COUNTRY AS A WHOLE.
>> ABSOLUTELY ARE.
OKAY.
NEIL CRABTREE, APPRECIATE YOU
GIVING US AN UPDATE, CONGRESSMAN
BRUCE WESTERMAN, WE APPRECIATE
YOUR TIME.
KEEP US UPDATED, GUYS, WE WOULD