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The Bill Bennett Show

Exclusive Interview with Secretary of Energy Rick Perry

The Bill Bennett Show

Bill Bennett

News, Government

4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2017

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Bill welcomes the new Secretary of Energy, Rick Perry, to the show and the two discuss the administration's efforts to boost American energy exports, including the major announcement of a new deal to export U.S. coal to Ukraine. Bill also shares his own thoughts on the wild week in Washington politics and the selection of Gen. Kelly to be the new White House Chief of Staff. Then, Bill talks with Steve Wynn, Chairman and CEO of Wynn Resorts, about his new game-changing resort in Boston and how he continues to stay ahead of his competition.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Well, welcome to the Bill Bennett show. My new free podcast dedicated to

0:07.2

translating Trump. Well now, who better to translate Trump than one of his own

0:11.8

cabinet secretaries? That's right. We'll talk with the new... better to translate Trump than one of his own Cabinet secretaries.

0:13.1

That's right.

0:14.2

We'll talk with the new Secretary of Energy, Rick Perry,

0:16.9

in just a few minutes.

0:18.4

After that, we'll continue my new interview series

0:21.0

with Steve Wynne. But first, I need to do a little Trump

0:24.0

translating of my own and share some thoughts on the Wild Week in Washington

0:28.5

Politics. Well a few things to talk about since we have last talked folks. We've seen Mr. Scaramuchi come and go. I know Moochee, mooch, and I'm sorry to see him go. I'm also sorry that he did what he did as he is but this like other stories these

0:48.4

episodic things in the Washington Post in New York Times, mostly come to nothing and mean nothing.

0:55.6

I think the appointment of General Kelly as Chief of Staff is a great thing.

1:01.0

And I have high hopes for it because I have high hopes for him.

1:05.2

I don't know him, but the people I know who know him have the highest regard for him, and

1:10.2

these are people whose judgment I trust.

1:12.8

But these are all, if you will, as we might say in philosophy,

1:16.2

epiphenomena.

1:17.8

They are not critical.

1:19.4

What's critical is that things get done, things get passed, and as you'll hear me talk about with

1:24.8

Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, you know this coal deal with the Ukraine and the fact

1:29.3

that we are producing this energy and you know going head- head with the Russians on this issue that's much more consequential

1:36.7

that jobs are going are increasing the United States unemployment is down the market's up, as regulations are being

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