It all began last December when the European Union named him as "a key facilitator for Iranian oil deals and transferring oil related money".

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While thankfully opening up more federal lands and waters for oil and gas development, expediting drilling permits by transferring approval processes to states, and supporting the Keystone pipeline, it continues to endorse the ethanol mandate debacle.

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