Doug Burgum

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We would consider an export ban if we thought that actually might lower prices, but that's not the case. [Burgum, speaking to reporters at a G20 energy meeting in Houston, later told CNBC that] every idea should be on the table that will actually lower the price of diesel or lower the price of gasoline. … I'm not at all confident that that would actually lower the price. [He warned a ban] could actually hurt Americans [if trading partners answered with their own export restrictions].

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We are pleased to announce that after a very long wait (over 125 years!), we are preparing to start, over the next two-week period, the excavation work necessary for the Great Triumphal Arch and Military Observation Deck.

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Over 70 major cities/capitals around the world, from London, Paris and Rome to Madrid, Athens and New Delhi, all showcase beautiful arches. Interestingly, Washington, DC, is the only major Western capital without an arch.

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Those executive departments and agencies cannot in good conscience continue to support the Smithsonian under current leadership by, for example, loaning artifacts for exhibits, enabling procurement processes and making discretionary grants.

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The ultimate effect of this radical ideology is to weaken our shared American identity.

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From an economic development for our capital city, hotels, restaurants, the people of Washington, D.C., the greater capital region, all love this idea. Everybody I’ve met is saying “Please, please do this again next year.”

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We are grateful for the Seven Basin States, the thirty Basin Tribes, Mexico, and many other basin stakeholders who have provided the feedback and voluntary arrangements necessary for the development of the 2027-2028 Operating Guidelines.

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Americans deserve an energy system built on common sense, not one dependent on costly subsidies or technologies that can’t meet our country’s current demand.

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The national parks, absolutely we need to support and protect every single inch of those.