JACKIE: JEFF FLOCK, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR THAT.
JOINING ME NOW, FORMER,S EPA
CHIEF OF STAFF AND SENIOR POLICY
ANALYST MANDY -- MANDY, GREAT TO
SEE YOU TONIGHT.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT NUCLEAR
ENERGY, PEOPLE DON’T REALIZE HOW
INEXPENSIVE IT IS ON A RELATIVE
BASIS.
THEY THINK ABOUT DISASTERS LIKE
THREE MILE ISLAND.
WE’VE COME A LONG WAY SINCE THEN
WITH RESPECT TO TECHNOLOGY AND
SAFETY, AND SO MANY PEOPLE ARE
SAYING IN THIS ENVIRONMENT RIGHT
NOW TO SECURE OUR POWER GRID WE
NEED NUCLEAR ENERGY TO KEEP
AMERICA SAFE AND ALSO MAKE SURE
THAT WE HAVE THE RESOURCES THAT
WE NEED.
NOW, JEFF’S REPORTING THAT BOTH
SIDES OF THE AISLE AGREE WITH
THIS, BUT I THINK THE DEMOCRATS
CERTAINLY COULD BE DOING MORE ON
ENERGY IN GENERAL.
YOUR THOUGHTS.
>> YEAH, I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH
YOU, JACKIE.
AND THE FACT THAT WE’RE IN AN
ENERGY CRISIS TO BEGIN WITH IS
EMBARRASSING.
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO NUCLEAR, IT
IS AN ABSOLUTE NO-BRAINER, AND
THE ONLY THING STANDING IN ITS
WAY IS A GROUP OF ACTIVISTS AND
BUREAUCRATS.
AND IF THEY WOULD GET OUT OF THE
WAY, WE ARE IN A POSITION TO
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS
TECHNOLOGY THAT HAS SEEN MAJOR
ADVANCEMENTS IN RECENT YEARS
MAKING IT THE MOST SAFE, MOST
EFFICIENT AND CLEANEST SOURCE OF
ENERGY THAT COULD LITERALLY
POWER THOUSANDS OF HOMES TO SO
MANY PEOPLE AT AN AFFORDABLE
COST.
AGAIN, IF ONLY THE BUREAUCRACY
AND ACTIVISTS WOULD GET OUT OF
THE WAY.
JACKIE: AND ENERGY COSTS RIGHT
NOW ARE A HUGE CONCERN FOR
PEOPLE ACROSS AMERICA.
IT’S NOT JUST PRICES AT THE
PUMP, BUT WINTER’S COMING.
I GET E-MAILS ALL THE TIME FROM
CONYOU WOULD HOW TO REDUCE
YOUR -- CONED, HOW TO REDUCE
YOUR ENERGY BILLS.
PEOPLE WANT A PRESIDENT, A
LEADER IN CHARGE WHO’S LISTENING
TO THEM AND SAYING WE’RE GOING
TO PUT AMERICA FIRST.
SOMEBODY DID DO THAT.
SOMEBODY IN CHARGE NOW IS NOT
DOING THAT.
>> YEAH.
WE ALL REAPED THE BENEFITS OF A
PRESIDENT WHO TRUSTED OUR U.S.
ENERGY IF WORKERS TO PRODUCE IF
ENERGY IN A SAFE AND AFFORDABLE
MANNER, AND THE BENEFIT OF THAT
WAS WE ALL HAD ACCESS TO
RELIABLE, AFFORDABLE ENERGY, AND
WE WERE IN A POSITION TO EXPORT
THAT TO THE WORLD.
UNFORTUNATELY, PRESIDENT BIDEN
FROM DAY ONE HAS INVOKED AN
ALL-OUT ASSAULT ON U.S. ENERGY
RESOURCES AND REFUSES TO TO USE
THE ABUNDANT ENERGY SOURCES UPON
WHICH WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED, AND
HE REFUSES TO ACCEPT THE REALITY
THAT THE TECHNOLOGY WE HAVE WITH
AT OUR DISPOSAL, WHETHER IT’S
ADVANCED NUCLEAR, ADVANCED GAS,
ADVANCED COAL, WE HAVE THIS
AVAILABLE TODAY THAT HE COULD
UNLEASH AND PROVIDE REAL RELIEF
TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, BUT HE
HASN’T COME AROUND TO DOING THAT
TO DATE AND, UNFORTUNATELY, I
DON’T THINK HE WILL ANYTIME IN
THE FUTURE.
JACKIE: MANDY, WHAT’S SO IRONIC
TO ME IS THE FACT THAT YOU LOOK
AT WHO REALLY ARE THE BIGGEST
CULPRITS OF GLOBAL POLLUTION,
AND I WOULD SAY CHINA AND INDIA
ARE NUMBER ONE ON THE LIST, AND
THEY’RE DOING NOTHING TO EVEN
MAKE THE TECHNOLOGY THAT THEY’RE
USING RIGHT NOW CLEANER, SAFER,
WHATEVER.
SO YOU’VE GOT AN ADMINISTRATION
THAT’S GOING ALL THE WAY LEFT ON
THIS POLICY NOT RECOGNIZING THE
FACT THAT THE STRIDES THAT THAT
WE’VE MADE HERE IN THE IF UNITED
STATES, AND I’M GROUPING ALL THE
ENERGY TOGETHER BECAUSE IT’S
TRUE WHETHER IT’S OIL AND GAS,
NATURAL GAS, WHETHER IT’S
NUCLEAR, EVEN OUR COAL-POWERED
PLANTS ARE FUNCTIONING IN A
CLEANER WAY.
IF YOU WANT TO GET THE ENERGY,
YOU KNOW, ANYWHERE, THE BEST
PLACE TO GET IT IS HERE.
IT IS CLEANER, IT IS SAFER.
AND, YOU KNOW, OUR MOVING ALL
THE WAY TO THE LEFT OF AND THAT
PART OF THE AGENDA ISN’T GOING
TO GET CHINA TO STOP POLLUTING
OR GET INDIA TO STOP DOING IT.
>> NO, IT’S NOT.
AND IT’S GOING TO RECK OUR --
WRECK OUR ECONOMY IN THE
PROCESS, AND THAT’S WHAT
AMERICANS ARE DEALING WITH
TODAY.
THEY’VE BECOME MEMBERS OF THINGS
LIKE THE PARIS CLIMATE ACCORDS
WHICH SELLS OUT THE AMERICAN
ECONOMY AND THE AMERICAN WORKER
TO PLACES LIKE INDIA AND CHINA
THAT ARE NOT SERIOUS ABOUT
GROWING THEIR ECONOMIES
ALONGSIDE ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION.
LOOK, WHEN I WAS AT THE EPA, WE
BROKE ALL SORTS OF RECORDS, AND
WE KNOW HOW TO GROW THE ECONOMY
AND IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT AT
THE SAME TIME.
WE DO IT BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE
IN THE WORLD, AND IF PRESIDENT
WOULD EMBRACE THAT REALITY, WE
WOULD ALL BE IN A MUCH BETTER
POSITION.
JACKIE: GREAT TO HAVE YOU ON
TONIGHT, NANCY -- MANDY.
I WISH HE WOULD EMBRACE IT.
I THINK A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE DO