STOPPED IN DALLAS AND HOPPED OVER TO MIDLAND AND SPENT THE AFTERNOON WITH GEORGE P. BUSH TALKING ABOUT OIL & GAS
WORKERS, ALSO HIS POLITICAL WORKERS, ALSO HIS POLITICAL FUTURE, TAKE A LOOK. WHEN PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HOURS INTO TAKING OFFICE SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER, KILLING THE EXEL PIPELINE HERE IN TEXAS THEY KNEW THEY WERE GOING TO BE IN TROUBLE AND THIS IS TEXAS AND TEXAS FIGHTS BACK AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID WITH THE TEXAS DEFENSE TASK FORCE LED BY LAND COMMISSIONER GEORGE P. BUSH. >> WE’RE ALREADY IN THE COURTHOUSE INDIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY FIGHTING SOME OF THE WRECKLESS POLICIES WE’VE SEEN FROM THE LEFT SO WE’RE EXCITED TO BRING THE FIGHT BACK. BRIAN: BUT HE COMES OUT AND SAYS GOODBYE XL PIPELINE AND HE SAYS OH, YEAH WHEN IT COMES TO DRILLING ON FEDERAL LAND WE’RE GOING TO PAUSE THAT. HOW DOES THAT RESONATE IN TEXAS? >> WELL IT’S SENDS A VERY DANGEROUS MESSAGE TO OUR STATE. THE INDUSTRY DIRECTLY EMPLOYS 400,000 TEXANS AND INDIRECTLY EMPLOYS OVER 1 MILLION. WE WILL LOSE 120,000 JOBS IF THE FEDERAL LEASE POLICY STAYS IN PLACE THE REST OF THIS YEAR ALONE. BRIAN: WHAT ABOUT NEXT YEAR AND THE YEAR AFTER? THE JOBS ARE GOING TO MULTIPLY EXPONENTIALLY OR JUST DISAPPEAR >> THEY WILL UNLESS WE DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT AND THAT’S WHAT WE’RE DOING IN TEXAS WE’RE GOING TO VISIT WITH SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS THAT FELT THE PERSONAL PAIN OF WHAT IT MEANS TO LET GO OF WORKERS. >> WE’VE LOST 40-50,000 JOBS HERE LOCALLY IN MIDLAND ODESSA. BRIAN: WHO WERE YOU THINKING WHEN YOU SAW PRESIDENT BIDEN OPEN UP THOSE BOOKS AND SIGN THOSE EXECUTIVE ORDERS? >> WHAT HIT ME SIGNIFICANTLY WAS THE FACT OF THINKING ABOUT ALL OF THE ASSETS THAT I HAD OPERATING IN NEW MEXICO AND HAVING THE CONVERSATION OF YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE TO WEST TEXAS OR YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO DO. BRIAN: SO IMMEDIATELY, THAT BOOK OPENS, HE SIGNS A SIGNATURE AND THEY ARE OUT OF A JOB. >> IT WAS SIGNIFICANT, LIKE THAT. BRIAN: DO YOU THINK THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THESE ARE PEOPLE, WITH JOBS? >> THEY DON’T. >> I GOT LAID OFF THE 1ST OF AUGUST, WAS WITHOUT WORK FOR FOUR AND A HALF MONTHS. I WAS SLATED TO GO UP TO THE KEY STONE. >> SET TO GO TO THE XL PIPELINE >> YES, SIR. >> WE WERE HOPING EVERYTHING WOULD PICKUP, ONCE COVID EASED OFF AND WE GOT SLAMMED IN THE GUT AGAIN, WHEN MR. BIDEN COME IN AND KNOCKED OUT 11,000 JOBS THE FIRST DAY IN OFFICE, IT’S EASY TO SAY JUST GO FIND ANOTHER JOB BUT WHEN YOU’RE THE HEAD OF A HOUSEHOLD AND THAT OTHER JOB YOU DO PAYS YOU HALF AS MUCH AS WHAT YOU’RE USED TO? THAT’S NOT QUITE AS EASY AS IT SOUNDS. BRIAN: YOUR MESSAGE IS JUST LET ME WORK? >> YEAH, JUST LET US DO OUR JOB BRIAN: SO GEORGE, NOW I’M GOING TO GET A CHANCE TO SEE WHAT IT’S LIKE WORKING ON A RIG? >> ABSOLUTELY IT’S GOING TO BE THE BEST TRAINING FACILITY YOU WILL FIND. BRIAN: SHOULD WE GO IN? >> SAFETY FIRST. THIS IS A PUMPING UNIT. BRIAN: WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR? >> OIL & GAS, OH, YEAH, THERE WILL BE OIL & GAS MIXED TOGETHER COMING OUT OF THIS AND NATURAL GAS COMING OUT OF THIS ONE, THEY CO-MINGLE INTO A FLOW LINE AND GO INTO PRODUCTION. BRIAN: WOW. >> THIS IS JUST A TINY FRACTION OF WHAT ALL GOES INTO YOUR TYPICAL OIL FIELD. BRIAN: RIGHT AND I FOUND OUT YOU NEED WORKERS. >> ABSOLUTELY WE DO. BRIAN: WHAT HAPPENED? >> WHEN IT SLOWS DOWN AND PEOPLE GET FRUSTRATED AND LEAVE THE INDUSTRY THEY SAY THEY ARE NEVER COMING BACK AND THEY DON’T BRIAN: BUT YOU SAY THESE ARE GREAT PAYING JOBS? >> ABSOLUTELY IT PAYS OVER $125,000 PER YEAR. BRIAN: AND YOU DO MAKE MONEY? >> OH, YES, ABSOLUTELY. BRIAN: SO YOU’VE HAD THIS JOB FOR A WHILE. WHEN YOU GOT HIT WITH THAT FREEZE, DID YOU SENSE THERE WAS SOME PEOPLE ON THE LEFT THAT WERE ALMOST HAPPY ABOUT IT? >> ABSOLUTELY THEY LAUGHED AT THE MISFORTUNE OF A RED STATE BUT THE REALITY IS THAT WHAT IT MESSAGED TO PEOPLE IN OUR STATE IS WE NEED TO PRODUCE MORE ENERGY. BRIAN: YOU ALSO HAVE A BORDER ISSUE ON TOP OF THAT. >> COMMUNITIES ON OUR BORDER DEALING WITH THIS INCREDIBLE IN FLUX OF NOT ONLY UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN, BUT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS THAT ARE COMING ACROSS, WE’RE TIRED OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NOT STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE, AND ACCEPTING THEIR RESPONSIBILITY IN THIS EFFORT. BRIAN: MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY WANTS TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR. HE’S THINKING ABOUT IT GETTING INTO POLITICS WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE HIM? >> MAYBE HE NEEDS TO CONTINUE TO THINK ABOUT IT. BRIAN: WHAT DO YOU SAY ABOUT PEOPLE WHO THINK YOUR PARTY IS FRACTURED? >> THERE’S NOTHING MORE UNIFIED THAN JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS AFTER A FEW YEARS OF LEFT WING PROGRESSIVE IDEAS EVERYDAY AMERICANS SAY THIS IS ENOUGH. BRIAN: DOES THAT MAKE YOU WANT TO SEEK ANOTHER POSITION? >> I’VE BEEN PRIVILEGED TO SERVE AS LAND COMMISSIONER FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS BUT WE NEED TO DO LEADERSHIP IN THIS HIGH STATE-WIDE EXECUTIVE ROLE. BRIAN: YOU’RE HOPING TO RUN FOR >> I’M TAKING A VERY SERIOUS LOOK AT ATTORNEY GENERAL. BRIAN: WHEN WOULD YOU MAKE THAT DECISION? >> WELL RIGHT NOW AS I MENTIONED WE’RE SO FOCUSED ON FIXING THE WINTER GRID, PUSHING BACK THE OVERREACH, WORKING ON DURING THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION BUT EX PRESENT AN ANNOUNCEMENT VERY VERY SOON. BRIAN: AS I MENTIONED BEFORE HE’S NOT AFRAID OF GREEN ENERGY, TEXAS HAS HUGE WIND FARMS 20% OF THEIR ENERGY COMES FROM WIND, THEY ARE SECOND IN THE COUNTRY WITH SOLAR, SO THEY UNDERSTAND THE BALANCE, THEY ARE ALL FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL THING. HERE IS THE OTHER THING THEY DO. YOU EVER HEAR ABOUT WELL THERE’S AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT. WHAT’S THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT HERE? IT TURNS OUT THEIR ENEMIES, THE GREEN MOVEMENT, WILL FIND SOME TYPE OF GRASS OR INSECT OR HORNEY TOAD TO DECIDE THEY HAVE TO BE PRESERVED SO THEREFORE YOU CAN’T DRILL HERE AND THEY GO TO COURT AND DELAY AND DELAY AND DELAY AND PEOPLE LOSE MORE AND MORE MONEY WHILE PRESSURING THE BANKS NOT TO LEND AND INVEST AND THEY ARE TRYING TO SLOWLY CRUSH THE FUEL INDUSTRY. YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS? WE JUST END UP GETTING OIL & GAS FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY OR FROM OP EC OR FROM RUSSIA. AINSLEY: DID THAT MAN END UP GETTING A JOB? BRIAN: HE DOES NOT HAVE A JOB AS OF FRIDAY, HE DOESN’T HAVE A JOB BUT TRYING TO JUMP ON BOARD. STEVE: AS FOR GEORGE P. BUSH, HE
