Transcript Of “Green New Deal Will Make The Lights Go Out”:
BETO O’ROURKE: “I love the framing of the Green New Deal.”
O’ROURKE: “The Green New Deal. I haven’t seen anything better.”
CHYRON: The Green New Deal Will Kill Hundreds Of Thousands Of Texas Jobs
- A Texas Oil And Gas Association Found An Estimated 1.37 Million Texas Jobs Are Dependent Upon The Texas Oil And Gas Industry. “Every direct jobs in the Texas oil and natural gas industry creates an additional 2.2 jobs. Direct oil and natural gas employment (422,122) plus the industry’s spending on expenses such as capital goods, electricity, construction, services and supplies generates a total of 1.37 million Texas jobs.” (“TXOGA 2021 Annual Energy & Economic Impact Report,” Texas Oil And Gas Association, Accessed 2/8/22)
O’ROURKE: “Those who have helped to write the Green New Deal are absolutely right on the money.”
NEIL CAVUTO, FOX NEWS: “We’re talking $93 trillion when this is all said and done.”
- A Study By The American Action Forum Found The Green New Deal Could Cost $93 Trillion. “The sweeping ‘Green New Deal’ proposed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., could cost as much as $93 trillion, or approximately $600,000 per household, according to a new study co-authored by the former director of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. … The unprecedented plan doesn’t come cheap, American Action Forum president Douglas Holtz-Eakin and his co-authors wrote in the study.” (Gregg Re, “Green New Deal Would Cost Up To $93 Trillion, Or $600G Per Household, Study Says,” Fox News, 2/25/19)
O’ROURKE: “I’m asking Americans to make this our priority.”
SHANNON BREAM, FOX NEWS: “$600,000 per U.S. household…”
- A Study By The American Action Forum Found The Green New Deal Could Cost $600,000 Per Household. “The sweeping ‘Green New Deal’ proposed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., could cost as much as $93 trillion, or approximately $600,000 per household, according to a new study co-authored by the former director of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. … The unprecedented plan doesn’t come cheap, American Action Forum president Douglas Holtz-Eakin and his co-authors wrote in the study.” (Gregg Re, “Green New Deal Would Cost Up To $93 Trillion, Or $600G Per Household, Study Says,” Fox News, 2/25/19)
O’ROURKE: “So yes, let’s find a way to do this.”
O’ROURKE: “That is what we would do it an O’Rourke administration, with your help.”