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russian propaganda you can go buy some bonds from continental resources you can buy their shares harold hamm wasa billion dollars he had to pay to his life he only is eighteen billion dollars left he's the c.e.o. he's increases pay by thirty eight percent last year you can go support him by buying his shares buying giving one of those little crystal can prove that he owns shares in these junk bonds issued just as. i feel i listen listen this is what continental resources one of the biggest players herald him multiple times billionaire what hit how this company operates as a fracking company he pushes for legislation pro fracking he probably helps finance hamilton succeed and we don't know because nobody's allowed to know other than what bill kristol who is actually behind it well in twenty seventeen continental spent two hundred ninety four million dollars on interest expenses which is approximately one hundred fifty five percent of his twenty seventeen adjusted net income generation we can't even pay the interest on your credit cards you are broke well you know the same thing is coming to t

a couple of oil ceos harold hamm of continental we also have the governor of north dakota, and the interiorretary of the united states, ryan zinke yesterday we were out on a continental resources drilling rig, a town of 750 people, out in the middle of the state getting an idea to what the price point is, how they'll make money, if they can make money, where the growth will come from. we did that tour we also got to ask a few questions. these guests will also be on tv today. but yesterday on the drilling rig i asked the interior secretary, secretary zinke about infrastructure generally and whether or not we'll get something done in the united state states >> we're behind in this country on infrastructure, bridges, highways this piece moves the economy forward of looking at our long-term infrastructure plan. >> the cnbc audience is keenly invested on infrastructure of all kinds, do you think we'll get something done on infrastructure as a nation this year or maybe early 2019 it seems like we're close but it's been frustrating for a lot of business leaders we talk to >> if the president keeps

russian propaganda you can go buy some bonds from continental resources you can buy their shares harold hammwasa billion dollars he had to pay to his life he only is eighteen billion dollars left he's the c.e.o. he's increases pay by thirty eight percent last year you can go support him by buying his shares buying given one of those no crystal can prove that he own shares in these junk bonds issued just. a small fee but listen listen this is what continental resources one of the biggest players harold him multiple times billionaire what hit how this company operates as a fracking company he pushes for legislation pro fracking he probably helps finance hamilton succeed and we don't know because nobody's allowed to know other than what bill kristol who is actually behind it well in twenty seventeen continental spent two hundred ninety four million dollars on interest expenses which is approximately one hundred fifty five percent of his twenty seventeen adjusted net income generation we can't even pay the interest on your credit cards you are broke well you know the same thing is coming to the

the test in trump town is whether harold hamm and charles and david koch are happy. and they are. polluters are free to pollute for free. and climate change gets scrubbed out of official communications. big spending polluters are happy, happy, happy. and that's why scott pruitt remains as e.p.a. administrator in the trump swamp. it doesn't have to be this way. the words of woodrow wilson are still true today about legislative oversight. he said, it is the proper duty of a representative body to look diligently into every affair of government and to talk much about what it sees. it is meant to be the eyes and the voice and to embody the wisdom and will of its constituents. well, our constituents, my constituents anyway, are not just the big polluters, like harold hamm and the koch brothers. the polluters may have billions to spend in politics, which they do, but they have very different interests than the millions of regular americans who look to e.p.a. to protect the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the climate we must inhabit. where are the eyes and the voice and the prese