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Remember US Energy Independence Day?

Remember US Energy Independence Day?
Gas prices in Irvine, Calif., on Jan. 12, 2022. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
Stephen Moore
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Once, during a meeting with then-presidential candidate Donald Trump inside Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in New York, we discussed energy policy. I told Trump that if we went all out to produce America’s abundant supply of oil, gas, and coal, the United States could be energy independent in four years.

Stephen Moore
Stephen Moore
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Stephen Moore is a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation, chief economist at FreedomWorks, and co-founder of the Committee to Unleash Prosperity. He served as a senior economic adviser to Donald Trump. His latest book is “Govzilla: How the Relentless Growth of Government Is Impoverishing America.”
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