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DAGEN: TEXAS TAKES ON WOKE
BUSINESSES.
SEAN: LET’S BRING IN FORMER
TEXAS LAND COMMISSIONER
GEORGE P. BUSH.
HE JOINS US NOW.
WHO HAS GOT SOMETHING TO SAY
ABOUT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
THAT DON’T WANT TO DO BUSINESS
WITH OIL AND GAS COMPANIES.
GEORGE, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
TELL ME WHAT YOU’RE DOING IN
TEXAS BECAUSE WE’VE HEARD
SOMETHING IN FLORIDA ABOUT YOU
KNOW, NOT USING PENSION FUNDS
FROM THE STATE TO GO TO WOKE ESG
INVESTMENT FIRMS BUT YOU’VE GONE
A STEP FURTHER IN TEXAS.
>> WE HAVE.
SO THE LEGISLATURE DESERVES ALL
THE CREDIT HERE.
REPUBLICAN-RUN BOTH IN THE HOUSE
AND THE SENATE AND THE LAST
LEGISLATIVE SESSION PASSED A LAW
SAYING THAT NO FINANCIAL
INSTITUTION THAT IS IN THE
PROCESS OF PASSING THIS WOKE ESG
CLIMATE AGENDA ON THE HEELS OF
THE GREEN NEW DEAL AND DIVESTING
OF FOSSIL FUELS AND HYDROCARBON
DEVELOPMENT CAN DO BUSINESS WITH
THE STATE OF TEXAS.
SO AS WE SAY IN TEXAS, DON’T
MESS WITH OUR STATE AND I
DECIDED TO COME HERE TO THE
HEART OF THE FINANCIAL CAPITAL
MARKETS TO BRING THAT MESSAGE.
SEAN: THAT’S GREAT.
>> NOW IT COMES DOWN TO
EXECUTION.
THE FINANCIAL MARKETS ARE DOING
IT.
WALL STREET IS EXERTING AS MUCH
PRESSURE AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN
BUT TEXANS WILL STAND BY OUR
VALUES, BY OUR PRINCIPLES,
MAKING SURE WE DEFEND THE
CORNERSTONE NOT ONLY OF OUR
ECONOMY BUT THE AMERICAN ECONOMY
AND THE NATIONAL SECURITY
PICTURE AND THAT IS THE OIL AND
GAS INDUSTRY AS WE FOUND OUT IN
UKRAINE AND WITH CHINA WE NEED
TO HAVE A RESILIENT ENERGY
STRATEGY SIMILAR TO WHAT
DONALD TRUMP DID BY ALLOWING US
TO EXPORT CRUDE OIL, EXPANDING
THE KEYSTONE PIPELINE,
EMPOWERING THE BLUE-COLLAR
WORKERS THAT WANT TO GO OUT
THERE, DIG PIPE, AND TRANSPORT
NOT ONLY OIL AND GAS BUT THESE
DANGEROUS CHEMICALS THAT WE’RE
SEEING IN SOUTHERN OHIO.
DAGEN: THAT, PASSING IT IS ONE
THING, ENFORCING IT IS ANOTHER
PARTICULARLY LIKE YOU LIVE IN
THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF AUSTIN
AS IT IS CALLED.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE’VE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT ON THE SHOW.
YOU’VE GOT HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS
OF DOLLARS, TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS
BEING SPENT TO FIGHT CLIMATE
CHANGE WHICH WE WILL NEVER
FIGHT.
WE CAN TAKE OUR EMISSIONS TO
ZERO IT WON’T MAKE A DIFFERENCE
IN GLOBAL TEMPERATURES BECAUSE
WE CAN’T CONTROL CHINA AND
INDIA, BUT WHAT ABOUT FOCUSING
ON POLLUTION, PRODUCING SAY
CLEAN BURNING NATURAL GAS WHICH
IS PROSPERITY AND POWER FOR THE
UNITED STATES?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
YOU KNOW, AS REAGAN TALKED ABOUT
AFTER THE COLD WAR, THE PEACE
DIVIDEND IS VERY REAL AND AS
AMERICANS WE ENJOYED THAT FOR
THE LAST SEVERAL DECADES BUT
ENERGY IS A BIG COMPONENT, IF
NOT THE FOUNDATION OF A STRONG
NATIONAL SECURITY AND SO WHETHER
IT’S OUR PARTNERS IN CANADA OR
ONE POSSIBLE AREA OF CONSENSUS
WITH MEXICO IS CREATING A
NAFTA-FOCUSED OIL AND GAS
STRATEGY THAT CAN COME TO THE
RESCUE OF COUNTRIES LIKE UKRAINE
OR WESTERN EUROPE, KNOWING THAT
THEY’RE FACING A COLD WINTER,
THEY WILL NEED OUR SUPPLIES AND
THE REST OF THE WORLD BY THE
WAY, OUR FRIENDS IN ASIA AS WELL
CAN BE BETTER CONNECTED TO WHAT
TEXAS AND WHAT OTHER OIL AND GAS
PRODUCING STATES.
BUT I GO BACK TO THE WORKING
CLASS IN AMERICA.
THEY’RE THE ONES THAT ARE BEING
LEFT BEHIND NOT ONLY WITH THIS
TRAIN DERAILMENT BUT THE FACT
THAT THIS PRESIDENT ON DAY ONE
ISSUED DOZENS OF EXECUTIVE
ORDERS, SEEKING TO SHUT DOWN
THIS MORN -- IMPORTANT INDUSTRY
THAT CREATED PROSPERITY NOT ONLY
FOR TEXANS BUT ALL AMERICANS.
SEAN: WHAT RESPONSE HAVE YOU GOT
FROM THE WOKE COMPANIES THAT
WANT TO DESTROY YOUR SPACE, HOW
DO THEY RESPOND TO THIS BILL,
LEGISLATION?
>> THEY CLAIM THEY WILL TAKE
AWAY JOBS FROM TEXAS BUT AS A
PROUD TEXAN I SAY WE HAVE A VERY
STRONG BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT.
THERE WILL BE SOMEBODY BEHIND
THEM, MORE THAN HAPPY TO
PROVIDE -- IN FACT I TALKED TO A
COMMUNITY BANKER IN TEXAS.
THEY’RE NOT AS LARGE AS THE BIG
BANKS HERE IN NEW YORK BUT HE IS
MORE THAN HAPPY TO SERVICE THE
NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS AND
THE GOVERNMENT OF TEXAS.
WE WILL FIND AWAY.
WE’RE A VERY ENTREPENEURAL,
CAN-DO ATTITUDE STATE AND WE’LL
GET THE JOB DONE.
DAGEN: THEY AIN’T COMING HERE.
I DARE YOU.
YOU AIN’T COMING HERE.
YOU WILL GET ROBBED AND SHOT IN
FRONT OF THE BUILDING.
NOT YOU, YOU --
SEAN: WATCH YOUR BACK.
DAGEN: THEN THE GUY WHO ROBS
YOU, SHOOTS AT YOU, WELL DOESN’T
SPEND AN HOUR BEHIND BARS.
SEAN: NO HE DOESN’T.
DAGEN: GOOD TO SEE YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH,
GEORGE P. BUSH.
>> GOOD TO BE WITH YOU.
SEAN: THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
IT IS, IS IT THE END OF THE
AMERICAN DREAM?