September 1, 2026 • 15 mins
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum joined Chris to discuss oil prices, renaming Lake Ontario and the Supreme Court ruling on the White House ballroom.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Good morning.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
This is the answer today. I am Chris Ryan. Appreciate
joining us for the show. Oil executives have to meet
with President Trump at the White House amid instability in
the global oil market. Fox's Ayesha Hosni has that story
this morning from the White House.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
This is all a part of the White House's push
of this economic offensive against Iran. The president yesterday did
say that if there were any future strikes on Iran,
they would be limited. However, he did say that the U.S.
might still smack them. So again, today, he'll be sitting
down here at the White House with oil executives as
he looks to drill down on gas prices here at home.
(00:45):
And the White House hasn't yet released a list of
who exactly is coming, but Reuters is reporting that Exxon
is is not going to be one of those participants today. Meanwhile,
the president says he is tapping into Venezuelan oil as
the country grants 100-year concessions for.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
17 oil fields.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
For more on this topic, excited to be joined right
now on the HRC, your neighbor credit union guest on
by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Doug Burgum. Good morning,
Secretary Burgum.
Speaker 4 (01:13):
Hey, Chris, great to be with you again.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
Appreciate you joining us for the show. So let's start here.
This has been an area that you've been very focused
on when it comes to Venezuelan oil and also domestic production.
Speaker 5 (01:25):
What do you expect of today's meeting?
Speaker 2 (01:27):
And with rising gas prices, we've been talking a lot
about rising diesel prices this morning as well.
Speaker 5 (01:34):
What can be done by the administration to address this?
Speaker 6 (01:37):
Well, today's meeting is going to bring together small, medium,
and large refiners to focus on the people on the
refining end. Because on the production end, President Trump's energy
dominance agenda is working. I mean, I think 18 months ago,
we had it under Joe Biden. a ban on even
building LNG export facilities. And now the US number one
(01:59):
oil producer in the world, largest natural gas producer in
the world, largest LNG exporter in the world. And under
this administration, bringing back the electrical grid from the brink
by both saving, preserving, and adding more base load. to
the electrical grid. So all of that's happening, but then
we do have, if you go refining varies by region.
(02:21):
I mean, the price of gas on the Gulf Coast
is a buck 50 lower than it is in California.
California used to have over 30 refineries. Now they're heading
towards having six because of all the regulations driving them
out of business. And so it really varies across the country.
And of course, there's been a lot of protests in places,
(02:43):
even like in the state of New York, where you
can't build pipelines to transport fuels, hydrocarbons. And so that, again,
raises the price. So we can have all the oil
we want, but we've gotta get the refining and the
distribution put together. So that's why we're meeting with all
these folks today, including some of the largest truck and
gas station distributors in the country. And again, refiners that
(03:06):
are out there trying to make sure they can get
product at the lowest prices to American consumers.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
I want to go kind of behind the scenes with
you as Secretary of the Interior where President Trump signs
an executive order that Lake America is replacing Lake Ontario.
So as Secretary of the Interior, what is your job
when it comes to making sure that it is recognized
as such?
Speaker 6 (03:32):
Well, part of the big, broad, and beautiful responsibilities of
Department of Interior, also known as the Department of Everything,
is jokingly, but it is big. I mean, we've got
National Parks, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, Bureau of Reclamation, and all.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
These other things.
Speaker 5 (03:46):
But we also have the U.S.
Speaker 6 (03:48):
Geologic Survey, the world's premier mapping organization. Inside of the USGS,
there's the Board of Geographic Names. They're the official arbiter
of names. When a name change is made by executive order,
the board issues that. Then there's a Geographic Names Information System, GNIS,
known to the insiders in the mapping world. This is
(04:11):
the system that Google Maps and others tap into to
get their official data. So all of that flows through
some complex software systems and then eventually flows up. And
if you then click on your map product, you'll see
the change of the name. But not unusual that we've
got places around the world where a body of water
(04:31):
may be on a border between two countries and it
has two different names. And so I think you'll see
this here where if you're If you're traveling in Canada
and you look it up, you'll see Lake Ontario. If
you're traveling in the U.S., you'll probably see Lake America.
Speaker 2 (04:44):
So the executive order in itself does not decide whether
it is going to be Lake America or Lake Ontario.
There is a this body that makes the determination as
to whether or not they're going to abide by it.
And Canadians will continue to call it Lake Ontario and
Americans like America.
Speaker 6 (05:07):
Well, the executive order is binding because the executive order
instructs Interior and GSGS and the GNIS system to change
the name. And so the executive order is the executive
action that renames it. And then the rest is just
the mechanics behind, that's the inside baseball of how map
(05:27):
names get changed in America. And it's how it happened
with the Gulf of America. But it also, under previous administrations,
there was a whole series of names that got changed
around names. Because people thought that some of these names
might have been offensive, say, to Native Americans. And so
those names all got changed, same process for all of
(05:49):
those things. So name changes happen more frequently than people
may realize.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Another area that falls under your jurisdiction, or at least
you've been commenting on, is the White House ballroom. And
let's get the latest on that first from Fox News
Radio's Jared Halperin.
Speaker 3 (06:04):
A divided Supreme Court is allowing construction on the $ 400
million project to continue overturning lower court orders. It is
a win for President Trump, who wrote on social media,
The ballroom and military complex can be built without further contingency, doubt,
or threat. President Trump says military and security facilities are
(06:24):
incorporated into the project. His administration has argued preventing construction
is a matter of national security. Four justices, including Chief
Justice John Roberts, disagreed with the majority, arguing construction without
congressional approval is likely unlawful. At the White House, Jared Halpern,
Fox News.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
So when it comes to the White House ballroom, is
this it now that the Supreme Court has ruled as
they have ruled and it's full steam ahead with this project?
And also, could you address whether or not taxpayer dollars
are being utilized for this?
Speaker 6 (06:59):
Well, the president has shared many times zero taxpayer dollars
going into it, and it is absolutely military complex.
Speaker 4 (07:08):
As there has.
Speaker 6 (07:09):
Been over the years, and as everyone at least has
some knowledge of, some of it's.
Speaker 4 (07:16):
Secured information, but there's.
Speaker 6 (07:18):
Multiple stories of military related and security related things that
are being built underneath this new convening space. And then
there is gonna be a drone port on top because
this is the world.
Speaker 4 (07:32):
Whether it's UFC, whether.
Speaker 6 (07:34):
It's fireworks on the 4th of July, whether it's us
fighting forest fires out.
Speaker 4 (07:38):
In the west.
Speaker 6 (07:39):
And drone activity is something that's just constant right now,
whether on the southern border, drone and anti-drone activity. And
what was installed after 9-11 on the roof of the
White House isn't enough. So having that capability to protect
the White House complex, you think about not just the cabinet,
foreign leaders, but the convening of people in those spaces.
(08:02):
And I think Americans maybe not realize that they think
the White House is a big spot. When the King
of England is here, the president gets to invite 120
people to a dinner, and that's it.
Speaker 4 (08:13):
That's the maximum that you can fit in.
Speaker 6 (08:14):
The largest dining room in the White House. And of course,
I'm from North Dakota, I mean, the Fargo Holiday Inn
can hold 800 for a wedding. This is 120 at
the White House. And past presidents have put a tent
out in the lawn when they wanted to have larger gatherings.
and have port-a-potties out there. It's not just not only
(08:35):
not good look for the country, it's also from a
security standpoint, ridiculously unsafe. And the new gathering space for
large events and for dinners and for speeches and for
even things, even potentially, you get more people in that
ballroom than you could in the rotunda. If you had
to bring the inauguration, for example, like President Trump did
(08:59):
inside the Capitol, So this is just space that's much needed.
And as we saw at the White House Correspondents Dinner,
going to a D.C. hotel is also not a secure
place for us to be conducting the nation's business. So
I think once it's built, the controversy is going to
be over. Every future president is going to be using
(09:19):
it like crazy. And everybody in Congress and Senate is
going to say, boy, we should have done this a
long time ago.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
Just a couple more questions with Doug Burgum. But do
you see how this kind of plays with the single
mom you know, on the west side of Manchester, though, that,
you know, costs are where they are at, and there's.
Speaker 5 (09:38):
Kind of this focus on this topic.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
Obviously, your job is, you know, to focus on these
types of things, but do you see kind of a
public perception issue?
Speaker 4 (09:48):
Well, I think it's certainly, as we head into midterms,
it's interesting that.
Speaker 6 (09:53):
You know, affordability has become kind of one of the defining.
Speaker 4 (09:57):
Things that they're saying is driving, and.
Speaker 6 (09:59):
I know that if people are out there and they're
trying to make ends meet, that's an issue. But you
also want to remind all the listeners that the average
New Hampshire citizen is.
Speaker 4 (10:09):
Paying $ 3, 600 less in taxes because of the.
Speaker 6 (10:15):
The working family tax cut bill that got passed a
year ago on July, which zero Democrats voted for, but passed.
And whether that's no tax on tips, no tax on overtime,
the tax that taxes weren't raised because of that bill
hadn't passed the tax cuts the prior Trump administration would
have expired. So that would have been a hit on everybody,
(10:38):
3,600 bucks, not per family, but per individual that was working.
Speaker 4 (10:43):
So that's a big one.
Speaker 6 (10:44):
And of course, and then gas prices aren't as low
as they were a year ago, but they were lower
a year ago because of President Trump's policies. But even today,
they're lower than they were under the Biden administration. And
President Trump, of course, is also, with what's going on,
be inconvenient at the pump for a short period of time,
but stopping a terrorist group from having a nuclear weapon
(11:07):
as we head into the 25th anniversary and memorial recognition
of the horrific tragedy.
Speaker 5 (11:15):
Of 9-11 coming up, I think we have to have
longer memories.
Speaker 6 (11:20):
To understand just how devastating that could be to our
country and to the world if a terrorist group like
the IRGC had ended up with a nuclear weapon and
President Trump wasn't gonna let that happen.
Speaker 5 (11:32):
That is U.S.
Speaker 2 (11:33):
Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum joining us on the HRCU,
your Neighbor Credit Union guest line. Two things I wanted
to address here quickly here at the end. The reflecting pool,
what's the latest on that? And also, I was really
excited to see the Theodore Roosevelt Library open up in
North Dakota. TR is one of my favorite presidents, and
(11:56):
that seemed to be a pretty amazing exhibit that you
toured with the president.
Speaker 4 (12:02):
Well, yes, let me start there.
Speaker 6 (12:03):
But Chris, we'll have to get you and your family
out there.
Speaker 4 (12:06):
I mean, this is an incredible, most exciting.
Speaker 6 (12:09):
Most innovative, most technologically advanced presidential library and museum in
the country. It's been sold out almost every day since
it opened with President Trump back celebrating the 250th.
Speaker 4 (12:22):
And of course, it's not about It is interactive. It
is amazing.
Speaker 6 (12:27):
It is built right at the entrance of the only
national park that's named after a person instead of a place.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park, which is where Theodore Roosevelt went
after he lost his wife and his mother on the
same day when he was 24 years old. His newborn
daughter gave that to his sister to take care of.
Speaker 4 (12:47):
He went west, despondent, remade himself into.
Speaker 6 (12:50):
The rough and tumble rough rider that went on to
win the Medal of Honor. in the Spanish-American War, and
then became a transformational president at our halfway point, 125
years was what the country was celebrating.
Speaker 4 (13:04):
When he was there.
Speaker 6 (13:06):
And the library isn't just to learn about him, it's
to challenge every American to say his famous speech in
the arena, which is, are we gonna be critics on
the side or are.
Speaker 4 (13:15):
We gonna get in the arena?
Speaker 5 (13:17):
And what are you.
Speaker 6 (13:17):
Gonna do about citizenship or leadership or conservation?
Speaker 4 (13:21):
How are you gonna make this country better? And I
think it's.
Speaker 6 (13:26):
Kids are dragging their parents to it as opposed to
the other way around. So that's been a huge hit.
Speaker 5 (13:31):
And then back in.
Speaker 6 (13:32):
DC, President Trump, the safe and beautiful executive order a
year ago in August.
Speaker 4 (13:38):
I mean, the nation's capital is no.
Speaker 6 (13:40):
Longer this nightmare of lawlessness and, I don't say despair
and graffiti, etc. What we've been able to do with
the National Park Service, removed over 160 homeless encampments, cleaned
up 1,000 graffiti sites, replaced almost 2,500 broken streetlights, 4,500
monuments and memorial, polished 28 statues, regilded four amazing gifts
(14:07):
that we'd given from other countries, 22 fountains that weren't
working before. If people haven't been to DC, it is
literally safe and beautiful. And again, every major metro in
America could make the same decision that DC did. And
this is all President Trump saying, we're gonna get it done.
But part of interior, we've got the US Park Police.
And we've been working with all the other law enforcement
(14:29):
groups here, 16,000 arrests And more than 3,200 drug-related things,
2,000 illegal firearms, 25 missing children returned.
Speaker 4 (14:40):
I mean, this city has been turned around. It's safe
to walk on the streets.
Speaker 6 (14:45):
And what a series of celebrations we've had here this summer.
It's been a really incredible way to celebrate the 250th.
Speaker 4 (14:55):
But we are.
Speaker 6 (14:55):
Celebrating that for the whole rest of the year at
all of our national parks. And so I hope people
can get out and.
Speaker 4 (15:00):
Enjoy all the great public spaces we have in America.
Speaker 2 (15:03):
Secretary Burgum, as always, thank you so much. We'll talk soon.
Speaker 4 (15:08):
Thank you, Chris.
Speaker 2 (15:09):
Doug Burgum joining us on the HRCU, your neighborhood credit
union guest line. I am Chris Ryan. This is New
Hampshire Today. Probably a fake.
Speaker 5 (15:16):
Fakes cause real harm.
Good morning.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
This is the answer today. I am Chris Ryan. Appreciate
joining us for the show. Oil executives have to meet
with President Trump at the White House amid instability in
the global oil market. Fox's Ayesha Hosni has that story
this morning from the White House.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
This is all a part of the White House's push
of this economic offensive against Iran. The president yesterday did
say that if there were any future strikes on Iran,
they would be limited. However, he did say that the U.S.
might still smack them. So again, today, he'll be sitting
down here at the White House with oil executives as
he looks to drill down on gas prices here at home.
(00:45):
And the White House hasn't yet released a list of
who exactly is coming, but Reuters is reporting that Exxon
is is not going to be one of those participants today. Meanwhile,
the president says he is tapping into Venezuelan oil as
the country grants 100-year concessions for.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
17 oil fields.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
For more on this topic, excited to be joined right
now on the HRC, your neighbor credit union guest on
by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Doug Burgum. Good morning,
Secretary Burgum.
Speaker 4 (01:13):
Hey, Chris, great to be with you again.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
Appreciate you joining us for the show. So let's start here.
This has been an area that you've been very focused
on when it comes to Venezuelan oil and also domestic production.
Speaker 5 (01:25):
What do you expect of today's meeting?
Speaker 2 (01:27):
And with rising gas prices, we've been talking a lot
about rising diesel prices this morning as well.
Speaker 5 (01:34):
What can be done by the administration to address this?
Speaker 6 (01:37):
Well, today's meeting is going to bring together small, medium,
and large refiners to focus on the people on the
refining end. Because on the production end, President Trump's energy
dominance agenda is working. I mean, I think 18 months ago,
we had it under Joe Biden. a ban on even
building LNG export facilities. And now the US number one
(01:59):
oil producer in the world, largest natural gas producer in
the world, largest LNG exporter in the world. And under
this administration, bringing back the electrical grid from the brink
by both saving, preserving, and adding more base load. to
the electrical grid. So all of that's happening, but then
we do have, if you go refining varies by region.
(02:21):
I mean, the price of gas on the Gulf Coast
is a buck 50 lower than it is in California.
California used to have over 30 refineries. Now they're heading
towards having six because of all the regulations driving them
out of business. And so it really varies across the country.
And of course, there's been a lot of protests in places,
(02:43):
even like in the state of New York, where you
can't build pipelines to transport fuels, hydrocarbons. And so that, again,
raises the price. So we can have all the oil
we want, but we've gotta get the refining and the
distribution put together. So that's why we're meeting with all
these folks today, including some of the largest truck and
gas station distributors in the country. And again, refiners that
(03:06):
are out there trying to make sure they can get
product at the lowest prices to American consumers.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
I want to go kind of behind the scenes with
you as Secretary of the Interior where President Trump signs
an executive order that Lake America is replacing Lake Ontario.
So as Secretary of the Interior, what is your job
when it comes to making sure that it is recognized
as such?
Speaker 6 (03:32):
Well, part of the big, broad, and beautiful responsibilities of
Department of Interior, also known as the Department of Everything,
is jokingly, but it is big. I mean, we've got
National Parks, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, Bureau of Reclamation, and all.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
These other things.
Speaker 5 (03:46):
But we also have the U.S.
Speaker 6 (03:48):
Geologic Survey, the world's premier mapping organization. Inside of the USGS,
there's the Board of Geographic Names. They're the official arbiter
of names. When a name change is made by executive order,
the board issues that. Then there's a Geographic Names Information System, GNIS,
known to the insiders in the mapping world. This is
(04:11):
the system that Google Maps and others tap into to
get their official data. So all of that flows through
some complex software systems and then eventually flows up. And
if you then click on your map product, you'll see
the change of the name. But not unusual that we've
got places around the world where a body of water
(04:31):
may be on a border between two countries and it
has two different names. And so I think you'll see
this here where if you're If you're traveling in Canada
and you look it up, you'll see Lake Ontario. If
you're traveling in the U.S., you'll probably see Lake America.
Speaker 2 (04:44):
So the executive order in itself does not decide whether
it is going to be Lake America or Lake Ontario.
There is a this body that makes the determination as
to whether or not they're going to abide by it.
And Canadians will continue to call it Lake Ontario and
Americans like America.
Speaker 6 (05:07):
Well, the executive order is binding because the executive order
instructs Interior and GSGS and the GNIS system to change
the name. And so the executive order is the executive
action that renames it. And then the rest is just
the mechanics behind, that's the inside baseball of how map
(05:27):
names get changed in America. And it's how it happened
with the Gulf of America. But it also, under previous administrations,
there was a whole series of names that got changed
around names. Because people thought that some of these names
might have been offensive, say, to Native Americans. And so
those names all got changed, same process for all of
(05:49):
those things. So name changes happen more frequently than people
may realize.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Another area that falls under your jurisdiction, or at least
you've been commenting on, is the White House ballroom. And
let's get the latest on that first from Fox News
Radio's Jared Halperin.
Speaker 3 (06:04):
A divided Supreme Court is allowing construction on the $ 400
million project to continue overturning lower court orders. It is
a win for President Trump, who wrote on social media,
The ballroom and military complex can be built without further contingency, doubt,
or threat. President Trump says military and security facilities are
(06:24):
incorporated into the project. His administration has argued preventing construction
is a matter of national security. Four justices, including Chief
Justice John Roberts, disagreed with the majority, arguing construction without
congressional approval is likely unlawful. At the White House, Jared Halpern,
Fox News.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
So when it comes to the White House ballroom, is
this it now that the Supreme Court has ruled as
they have ruled and it's full steam ahead with this project?
And also, could you address whether or not taxpayer dollars
are being utilized for this?
Speaker 6 (06:59):
Well, the president has shared many times zero taxpayer dollars
going into it, and it is absolutely military complex.
Speaker 4 (07:08):
As there has.
Speaker 6 (07:09):
Been over the years, and as everyone at least has
some knowledge of, some of it's.
Speaker 4 (07:16):
Secured information, but there's.
Speaker 6 (07:18):
Multiple stories of military related and security related things that
are being built underneath this new convening space. And then
there is gonna be a drone port on top because
this is the world.
Speaker 4 (07:32):
Whether it's UFC, whether.
Speaker 6 (07:34):
It's fireworks on the 4th of July, whether it's us
fighting forest fires out.
Speaker 4 (07:38):
In the west.
Speaker 6 (07:39):
And drone activity is something that's just constant right now,
whether on the southern border, drone and anti-drone activity. And
what was installed after 9-11 on the roof of the
White House isn't enough. So having that capability to protect
the White House complex, you think about not just the cabinet,
foreign leaders, but the convening of people in those spaces.
(08:02):
And I think Americans maybe not realize that they think
the White House is a big spot. When the King
of England is here, the president gets to invite 120
people to a dinner, and that's it.
Speaker 4 (08:13):
That's the maximum that you can fit in.
Speaker 6 (08:14):
The largest dining room in the White House. And of course,
I'm from North Dakota, I mean, the Fargo Holiday Inn
can hold 800 for a wedding. This is 120 at
the White House. And past presidents have put a tent
out in the lawn when they wanted to have larger gatherings.
and have port-a-potties out there. It's not just not only
(08:35):
not good look for the country, it's also from a
security standpoint, ridiculously unsafe. And the new gathering space for
large events and for dinners and for speeches and for
even things, even potentially, you get more people in that
ballroom than you could in the rotunda. If you had
to bring the inauguration, for example, like President Trump did
(08:59):
inside the Capitol, So this is just space that's much needed.
And as we saw at the White House Correspondents Dinner,
going to a D.C. hotel is also not a secure
place for us to be conducting the nation's business. So
I think once it's built, the controversy is going to
be over. Every future president is going to be using
(09:19):
it like crazy. And everybody in Congress and Senate is
going to say, boy, we should have done this a
long time ago.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
Just a couple more questions with Doug Burgum. But do
you see how this kind of plays with the single
mom you know, on the west side of Manchester, though, that,
you know, costs are where they are at, and there's.
Speaker 5 (09:38):
Kind of this focus on this topic.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
Obviously, your job is, you know, to focus on these
types of things, but do you see kind of a
public perception issue?
Speaker 4 (09:48):
Well, I think it's certainly, as we head into midterms,
it's interesting that.
Speaker 6 (09:53):
You know, affordability has become kind of one of the defining.
Speaker 4 (09:57):
Things that they're saying is driving, and.
Speaker 6 (09:59):
I know that if people are out there and they're
trying to make ends meet, that's an issue. But you
also want to remind all the listeners that the average
New Hampshire citizen is.
Speaker 4 (10:09):
Paying $ 3, 600 less in taxes because of the.
Speaker 6 (10:15):
The working family tax cut bill that got passed a
year ago on July, which zero Democrats voted for, but passed.
And whether that's no tax on tips, no tax on overtime,
the tax that taxes weren't raised because of that bill
hadn't passed the tax cuts the prior Trump administration would
have expired. So that would have been a hit on everybody,
(10:38):
3,600 bucks, not per family, but per individual that was working.
Speaker 4 (10:43):
So that's a big one.
Speaker 6 (10:44):
And of course, and then gas prices aren't as low
as they were a year ago, but they were lower
a year ago because of President Trump's policies. But even today,
they're lower than they were under the Biden administration. And
President Trump, of course, is also, with what's going on,
be inconvenient at the pump for a short period of time,
but stopping a terrorist group from having a nuclear weapon
(11:07):
as we head into the 25th anniversary and memorial recognition
of the horrific tragedy.
Speaker 5 (11:15):
Of 9-11 coming up, I think we have to have
longer memories.
Speaker 6 (11:20):
To understand just how devastating that could be to our
country and to the world if a terrorist group like
the IRGC had ended up with a nuclear weapon and
President Trump wasn't gonna let that happen.
Speaker 5 (11:32):
That is U.S.
Speaker 2 (11:33):
Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum joining us on the HRCU,
your Neighbor Credit Union guest line. Two things I wanted
to address here quickly here at the end. The reflecting pool,
what's the latest on that? And also, I was really
excited to see the Theodore Roosevelt Library open up in
North Dakota. TR is one of my favorite presidents, and
(11:56):
that seemed to be a pretty amazing exhibit that you
toured with the president.
Speaker 4 (12:02):
Well, yes, let me start there.
Speaker 6 (12:03):
But Chris, we'll have to get you and your family
out there.
Speaker 4 (12:06):
I mean, this is an incredible, most exciting.
Speaker 6 (12:09):
Most innovative, most technologically advanced presidential library and museum in
the country. It's been sold out almost every day since
it opened with President Trump back celebrating the 250th.
Speaker 4 (12:22):
And of course, it's not about It is interactive. It
is amazing.
Speaker 6 (12:27):
It is built right at the entrance of the only
national park that's named after a person instead of a place.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park, which is where Theodore Roosevelt went
after he lost his wife and his mother on the
same day when he was 24 years old. His newborn
daughter gave that to his sister to take care of.
Speaker 4 (12:47):
He went west, despondent, remade himself into.
Speaker 6 (12:50):
The rough and tumble rough rider that went on to
win the Medal of Honor. in the Spanish-American War, and
then became a transformational president at our halfway point, 125
years was what the country was celebrating.
Speaker 4 (13:04):
When he was there.
Speaker 6 (13:06):
And the library isn't just to learn about him, it's
to challenge every American to say his famous speech in
the arena, which is, are we gonna be critics on
the side or are.
Speaker 4 (13:15):
We gonna get in the arena?
Speaker 5 (13:17):
And what are you.
Speaker 6 (13:17):
Gonna do about citizenship or leadership or conservation?
Speaker 4 (13:21):
How are you gonna make this country better? And I
think it's.
Speaker 6 (13:26):
Kids are dragging their parents to it as opposed to
the other way around. So that's been a huge hit.
Speaker 5 (13:31):
And then back in.
Speaker 6 (13:32):
DC, President Trump, the safe and beautiful executive order a
year ago in August.
Speaker 4 (13:38):
I mean, the nation's capital is no.
Speaker 6 (13:40):
Longer this nightmare of lawlessness and, I don't say despair
and graffiti, etc. What we've been able to do with
the National Park Service, removed over 160 homeless encampments, cleaned
up 1,000 graffiti sites, replaced almost 2,500 broken streetlights, 4,500
monuments and memorial, polished 28 statues, regilded four amazing gifts
(14:07):
that we'd given from other countries, 22 fountains that weren't
working before. If people haven't been to DC, it is
literally safe and beautiful. And again, every major metro in
America could make the same decision that DC did. And
this is all President Trump saying, we're gonna get it done.
But part of interior, we've got the US Park Police.
And we've been working with all the other law enforcement
(14:29):
groups here, 16,000 arrests And more than 3,200 drug-related things,
2,000 illegal firearms, 25 missing children returned.
Speaker 4 (14:40):
I mean, this city has been turned around. It's safe
to walk on the streets.
Speaker 6 (14:45):
And what a series of celebrations we've had here this summer.
It's been a really incredible way to celebrate the 250th.
Speaker 4 (14:55):
But we are.
Speaker 6 (14:55):
Celebrating that for the whole rest of the year at
all of our national parks. And so I hope people
can get out and.
Speaker 4 (15:00):
Enjoy all the great public spaces we have in America.
Speaker 2 (15:03):
Secretary Burgum, as always, thank you so much. We'll talk soon.
Speaker 4 (15:08):
Thank you, Chris.
Speaker 2 (15:09):
Doug Burgum joining us on the HRCU, your neighborhood credit
union guest line. I am Chris Ryan. This is New
Hampshire Today. Probably a fake.
Speaker 5 (15:16):
Fakes cause real harm.
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