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[00:00:05] [music] [00:00:09] Ladies and gentlemen, the President of [00:00:11] the United States, Donald J. Trump. [00:00:21] All [00:00:22] >> [music] [00:00:30] [music] [00:00:35] [music] [00:00:39] [applause] [00:00:43] [applause] [00:00:47] [cheering] [00:00:50] >> right. [00:00:53] >> [applause] [00:01:02] [applause] [00:01:06] >> clean, beautiful call. Clean, beautiful [00:01:09] call. [00:01:12] We love clean, beautiful call, don't we, [00:01:14] Doug? I'm thrilled to welcome to the [00:01:17] White House the men and women who light [00:01:20] our cities. [00:01:23] And you know, you do things that people [00:01:25] don't even understand. It's so much. You [00:01:27] do so much. You heat our homes, fuel our [00:01:31] factories, and turn natural resources [00:01:34] into American riches and dreams. Our [00:01:37] amazing coal miners. Thank you very [00:01:39] much, fellas. That's great. [applause] [00:01:47] And I know you well, you know, I know [00:01:49] you well. I think I get about 97% of [00:01:51] your vote. And you wouldn't want to do [00:01:53] anything else. You wouldn't switch with [00:01:55] a guy who had a beautiful penthouse [00:01:58] apartment on Fifth Avenue. You wouldn't [00:02:00] switch with that me. That was me. I had [00:02:02] a nice easy life. And now I decided to [00:02:05] do this. But you know what? We just hit [00:02:08] the highest price in the history of the [00:02:10] stock market. 50,000. [00:02:12] And uh a lot of people are getting rich [00:02:14] with your 401ks and everything else. So [00:02:17] our country is back. We have the hottest [00:02:19] country anywhere in the world. So it's [00:02:20] pretty cool, right? So I want to just [00:02:22] tell you I really appreciate you being [00:02:24] your special people. You got mistreated [00:02:26] very badly for a long period of time. [00:02:29] But you've never had a better friend in [00:02:31] the Oval Office than me. And I'm proud [00:02:33] to officially [00:02:35] name the undisputed just when did this [00:02:38] come out, Mr. Speaker? the undisputed [00:02:41] champion of beautiful clean coal. We [00:02:44] have to proceed always. I don't use the [00:02:46] word coal. You know, it needs a PR job [00:02:48] because had a bad reputation for a [00:02:50] while. So, we're not allowed to say the [00:02:53] word coal anymore. It has to be preceded [00:02:55] by beautiful clean coal. Okay. We're [00:02:59] cleaning it up. Very good. [applause] [00:03:05] And we're delighted to be joined by [00:03:07] Secretary Doug Bergam who's doing a [00:03:09] fantastic job from the great coal mining [00:03:12] state of North Dakota. And thanks as [00:03:14] well to Speaker of the House Mike [00:03:17] Johnson, a fantastic guy who's doing a [00:03:20] great job. Thank you, Mike. EPA [00:03:22] Administrator Lee Zeldon. He's our [00:03:25] secret weapon. He's getting those [00:03:26] approvals done in record setting time. [00:03:28] True. [applause] [00:03:33] Great senators John Baraso and Jim [00:03:36] Justice. Thank you very much. Very much [00:03:38] for being here. Hi Jim. Been a long [00:03:40] time. Jim, you're looking good. [00:03:42] Shelley Moore Capido. Thank you, [00:03:44] Shelley. Thank you very much, Johnny. Uh [00:03:48] Marshia Blackburn, Bill Hagerty, Ted [00:03:51] Bud, John, Bernie Marino, and David [00:03:56] McCormack. All here. Great senators. [00:03:58] every one of them. Great senators, [00:03:59] representatives of the House, Jim Bear, [00:04:02] Troy Balderson, Andy Bar, Dave Taylor, [00:04:06] Warren Davidson, Troy Downing, Morgan [00:04:10] Griffith, Brett Guthrie, Harriet [00:04:13] Hagermanerman, Mike Kelly, Dan Muer, [00:04:16] Scott Perry, Carol Miller, Dana [00:04:19] Harshburgger, and Riley Moore. Boy, [00:04:22] that's a good group of people. We have [00:04:23] some others in here, too. And I'm not [00:04:25] going to say it's just too many. Don't [00:04:26] get angry at me. I'll never get their [00:04:28] vote again. It's very dangerous. I also [00:04:31] want to thank the president of the [00:04:33] Washington Coal Club, Michael Day, CEO [00:04:35] of the National Mining Association, [00:04:38] Richard Nolan, along with many of the [00:04:41] greatest business leaders in this [00:04:42] powerful industry and a great industry [00:04:45] it is. But of course, the most important [00:04:48] people here today are those who get [00:04:50] their hands a little bit dirty to keep [00:04:53] America running at full speed. our [00:04:55] frontline co-workers. And I'm pleased to [00:04:58] report that in the first year of my [00:05:01] presidency, real wages for the typical [00:05:04] minor increased by more than $2,200. [00:05:07] I'd say that's pretty good, right? [00:05:09] [applause] [00:05:15] [applause] [00:05:15] And I'll give you the bad news. It's the [00:05:17] first time that that happened in more [00:05:20] than 27 years. All right? Those other [00:05:23] presidents didn't take good care of you. [00:05:26] They didn't take good care of you at [00:05:27] all. They didn't realize what they had. [00:05:30] The last time many of us were together, [00:05:32] I signed a historic executive order to [00:05:35] ensure that America's beautiful clean [00:05:38] coal plants would keep running when we [00:05:41] need it most. And that's 24 hours a day [00:05:43] in rain, sleet, and snow. You know, coal [00:05:46] can operate when other substances can't. [00:05:50] the Biden administration. He had no clue [00:05:52] what he was doing. Shut down dozens of [00:05:55] coal plants by they shut him down [00:05:57] literally. It seemed like one a week, [00:05:59] one a day. They were shutting them down [00:06:02] left and right as fast as you could. [00:06:03] They were paying people to shut down a [00:06:05] coal plant. And if we had stayed on the [00:06:08] ruinous path, we would have seen mass [00:06:10] suffering and rolling blackouts all over [00:06:12] the country. We would have had blackouts [00:06:14] right now all over the country. We would [00:06:16] have had a country that worse than [00:06:18] blackouts, every other thing would have [00:06:19] been wrong with it too with all of the [00:06:23] uh horrible things that took place at [00:06:25] our border. And right now, our border is [00:06:28] 100% [00:06:29] secure. First time in the history of our [00:06:31] country, right? [applause] [00:06:37] And you see it all the time. So instead, [00:06:39] when large parts of our country were hit [00:06:41] with winter storms, it was coal that [00:06:45] kept the power on. And it was coal that [00:06:47] never was bothered by cold weather, warm [00:06:49] weather. It's never bothered by [00:06:51] anything. Just keeps on chugging right [00:06:54] during this vicious storm. And they had [00:06:57] some really bad ones. Coal generation s [00:07:00] sur s sur s sur s sur s sur s sur s sur [00:07:00] s sur s sur s sur surged 31% while solar [00:07:03] and wind totally collapsed. I'm not a [00:07:06] big fan of those crazy windmills that [00:07:09] are all made in China. You know, they're [00:07:12] made in China, but not used by China. [00:07:14] Let's look for a couple of wind farms in [00:07:16] China. See if you can find one. They [00:07:18] sell us those things for fortunes, but [00:07:20] we don't do them anymore. Have we done [00:07:21] any this year, Doug? We're not going to [00:07:24] do any hopefully for four years in this [00:07:26] country. They're losers. They lose. [00:07:28] You're supposed to make You're supposed [00:07:30] to make money with energy, not lose [00:07:32] money with energy. and they lose a lot [00:07:34] of money. [applause] [00:07:40] And by the way, they're all over Europe. [00:07:42] And you know, I was uh recently there [00:07:46] and it's not recognizable what they've [00:07:48] done to their beautiful fields and those [00:07:50] beautiful, beautiful scenic areas and [00:07:53] they put those wind turbines all over [00:07:55] the place and they're chugging, [00:07:57] chugging, chugging, not doing a damn [00:07:58] thing except every time it goes around [00:08:00] it loses a fortune. It's horrible. [00:08:02] They've lost their way. Not actually not [00:08:06] recognizable. And then I wonder why they [00:08:08] don't like me over there. But you know [00:08:10] who likes me over there? The people like [00:08:12] me over there. I can tell you because [00:08:13] they know I'm right. More than 200 [00:08:16] million Americans across 35 states were [00:08:19] impacted by the storm. And the only [00:08:21] reason most were able to take a hot [00:08:24] shower was thanks to the power provided [00:08:27] by the most reliable, dependable of, and [00:08:30] really dependable form of energy that we [00:08:33] have, and that's clean, beautiful coal. [00:08:35] Biden and the radical left wanted to [00:08:38] abolish coal. They did everything they [00:08:40] could, everything possible. But on day [00:08:42] one of this administration, I ended the [00:08:44] war on coal. We terminated the Green New [00:08:47] Scam and we withdrew from the unfair [00:08:50] one-sided Paris climate accord. That was [00:08:53] another beauty we had. We paid $1 [00:08:55] trillion. Nobody else had to pay 10 [00:08:57] cents. Already I've saved 74 coal power [00:09:01] plants from crushing restrictions and [00:09:04] closures that would have been forced to [00:09:06] shut down in the very immediate future. [00:09:09] And today I'm proud to announce that the [00:09:11] Tennessee Valley Authority is taking [00:09:13] action to save two major coal plants in [00:09:16] Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority. [00:09:18] [applause] [00:09:25] [applause] [00:09:27] The plants are the Cumberland Fossil [00:09:29] Plant and the Cumberland City. It's uh [00:09:32] in Cumberland City. It's uh a big [00:09:35] beautiful thing that they just wanted to [00:09:38] shut down. You know, the Tennessee [00:09:40] Valley Authority has uh gone in a very [00:09:43] stupid, very bad direction. The head of [00:09:45] it, it's considered sort of [00:09:47] semi-private. It's supposed to be [00:09:49] semi-public, but it's semi-private. It's [00:09:51] the highest paid government type [00:09:54] official in history. I think they pay [00:09:57] them $10 million a year. They're paying [00:10:00] them 10 million. I think the speaker of [00:10:02] the house wants to resign and head the [00:10:04] Tennessee Valley there. And he could do [00:10:06] a much better job. I can tell you that. [00:10:08] Is that right, Doug? They pay him $10 [00:10:09] million a year. Can you believe it? [00:10:12] Well, Trump is on the scene now. We're [00:10:14] going to make his life miserable. [00:10:17] $10 million. I wonder what he got before [00:10:19] he got that job. Probably making [00:10:21] 150,000, right? And the Kingston [00:10:25] fossil plant in Haramman, Tennessee. So, [00:10:28] they're going to remain open and they're [00:10:30] going to be vibrant. They're going to be [00:10:31] improved, built up, and continue to do [00:10:34] all the things that they do. These two [00:10:36] plants were slated for termination, but [00:10:39] we're going to save over 450 jobs by [00:10:42] keeping them going and going strong. In [00:10:44] addition, I'm directing the Department [00:10:47] of Energy to issue funds to coal plants [00:10:49] in West Virginia, Ohio, North Carolina, [00:10:52] and Kentucky to keep them online and [00:10:55] keep those plants open. Hi, Jim. [00:10:58] [applause] [00:11:04] And very importantly, we're also [00:11:06] bringing our coal mines roaring back to [00:11:08] life. Under four years of the Biden [00:11:11] administration, Sleepy Joe, not a single [00:11:14] permit was approved for a new coal [00:11:16] mining project. Think of it, four years. [00:11:19] Not one permit, they were all being [00:11:21] disapproved, actually. So, not a single [00:11:24] permit was approved. I didn't know that. [00:11:26] But in one year of Trump, we've already [00:11:28] approved over 70 permits for very big, [00:11:31] very powerful minds that are going to be [00:11:33] with us for many, many years to come. [00:11:36] And we did that over the last 30 days. [00:11:39] We did more than half of them because we [00:11:40] have the system going now. It's very [00:11:42] reliable source, great great source. Uh [00:11:46] if you look at some of the most [00:11:47] prosperous places in the world, they run [00:11:50] on coal. Since I took office, coal [00:11:53] production is up by nearly four million [00:11:55] tons a month after falling for decades. [00:11:57] I mean, literally decades. Coal power [00:12:00] generation is up by nearly 15% in my [00:12:03] first year. And that number is going to [00:12:05] be about 25 or 30% this coming year at [00:12:08] least. These pro-American energy [00:12:10] policies are bringing energy prices way [00:12:12] down. You see what's happening even with [00:12:14] gasoline. Gasoline. I was in Iowa last [00:12:18] week and uh it was $185 a gallon and [00:12:22] many of them are 199 and 191. I saw we [00:12:27] have them under $2 a gallon now a little [00:12:30] while ago just a year and a half ago [00:12:32] they're at 350 $450 in California $7 [00:12:37] because of the crazy taxes. Coal is one [00:12:40] of the lowest price energy sources and [00:12:42] it's probably considered by almost [00:12:45] everybody to be the most reliable. It [00:12:48] requires no subsidies because you make [00:12:50] money with coal. More coal means lower [00:12:53] cost and more money in the pocket of the [00:12:56] American citizens and in the pocket [00:12:58] frankly of the United States of America. [00:13:00] That's not bad. Every once in a while we [00:13:01] have to take care of our country. Right. [00:13:03] With us today is Kayla Blackford who [00:13:06] drives a hall truck at Bearer Run Mine [00:13:09] in Dugar, Indiana. Great state. We love [00:13:12] Indiana. I only like states that are one [00:13:15] so big, you know. I want to be No, I [00:13:18] like them all. Where she has worked for [00:13:21] five years and she's joined by her [00:13:23] wonderful husband, Eric, who also works [00:13:25] at the mine and their really incredible [00:13:29] son, Isaac. And Kayla, if you could come [00:13:31] forward, I'd like to uh just have you [00:13:34] say a few words. Please come on up. [00:13:37] Where's Kayla? Kayla. Oh, hi Kayla. [00:13:40] [applause] [00:13:44] [applause] [00:13:49] Thank you, Mr. President. As he said, my [00:13:51] name is Caleb Blackford, and I am so [00:13:53] proud and honored to be here today [00:13:55] representing Peabody and coal miners [00:13:57] across this country. My husband and I [00:14:00] both work at Bayrun Mine in southern [00:14:02] Indiana. I drive a hall truck and I [00:14:04] train others on this large piece of [00:14:06] equipment. A hull truck is used to move [00:14:08] rock or coal and is capable of carrying [00:14:11] loads of nearly 250 tons. The tires are [00:14:15] 12 feet tall. When I stand next to one, [00:14:17] I barely reach the middle of the tire. [00:14:19] It's the best job I've ever had. And not [00:14:21] just because of the cool mom points I [00:14:24] get for driving big equipment. My job [00:14:28] supports my family. It supports our [00:14:30] community. And it keeps the lights on [00:14:32] and electricity affordable, not just in [00:14:34] Indiana, but across the country. As [00:14:37] demand increases and our lives become [00:14:39] increasingly electrified, America needs [00:14:42] to generate more electricity, not less. [00:14:45] For years, coal miners have felt the [00:14:47] weight of policies that made our future [00:14:48] uncertain. Over [snorts] the past year, [00:14:51] that weight has begun to lift. [00:14:53] my son Isaac who's here today [00:14:58] [applause] [00:15:04] has friends whose parents also work at [00:15:06] Bearrun. And when you grow up seeing [00:15:08] huge mining equipment from the road like [00:15:10] Isaac and his friends do, you dream [00:15:12] about the day when you get to run that [00:15:14] equipment. [00:15:15] When a mine closes, families don't just [00:15:18] lose their jobs. They're often forced to [00:15:20] leave their communities, their schools, [00:15:22] and their support systems behind. The [00:15:25] common sense policies to keep coal [00:15:26] plants running implemented by this [00:15:28] administration mean that my husband and [00:15:30] I can keep working, stay where we are, [00:15:33] and continue raising our son in our [00:15:35] community that we call home. And the [00:15:37] impact is even greater than that because [00:15:39] you, Mr. President, have single-handedly [00:15:42] kept utility prices affordable, the [00:15:44] lights on, and our jobs alive. [00:15:47] We are real, real people under these [00:15:49] hard hats. On behalf of America's coal [00:15:51] miners, thank you, Mr. President, for [00:15:53] recognizing the value of coal and the [00:15:56] value of the people who power this [00:15:57] industry every day. [00:16:00] [applause] [00:16:00] >> Thank you so much so [00:16:04] much for all of you. Thank you. [00:16:06] [applause] [00:16:06] Sorry, I'll take that. [00:16:12] [applause] [00:16:15] Good job. [00:16:17] >> [applause] [00:16:19] >> She did a good job, right? Look at the [00:16:21] boy. He's so proud of mom, huh? Did a [00:16:24] good job. Couldn't do better, right? [00:16:27] Anyway, thank you, Kelly. That's really [00:16:29] nice. Thank you very much. Cole is also [00:16:31] critical to our national security, vital [00:16:34] to everything from steel production to [00:16:36] ship building and artificial [00:16:38] intelligence. It's uh incredible what's [00:16:40] happening with coal and it's also [00:16:43] incredible how clean they're able to [00:16:44] keep it now with all of the new [00:16:46] techniques by using it. They're able to [00:16:48] do things environmentally that are [00:16:51] amazing. You see that? That's why I'm [00:16:53] also pleased to announce that in just a [00:16:56] moment I will sign an executive order [00:16:58] that directs the Department of War to [00:17:00] work directly with coal plants on the [00:17:02] new power purchasing agreements, [00:17:04] ensuring that we have more reliable [00:17:06] power and stronger and more resilient [00:17:09] grid power. And we're going to be buying [00:17:12] a lot of coal through the military now. [00:17:14] And it's going to be less expensive and [00:17:17] actually much more effective than what [00:17:19] we have been using for many, many years. [00:17:22] And again, with the environmental [00:17:24] progress that's been made on coal, it's [00:17:26] going to be just as clean. As some of [00:17:28] you may know, today, February 11th, is [00:17:31] Thomas Edison's birthday. There could be [00:17:34] no better way to honor the legacy of the [00:17:36] man who lit the world. Did you know [00:17:38] that? The man who lit the world, Isaac, [00:17:40] do you know that? You ever hear of [00:17:42] Thomas Edison? a little before your time [00:17:44] slightly. [00:17:46] But then to reaffirm our commitment to [00:17:49] American energy independence and the [00:17:52] American energy dominance, we're going [00:17:54] to be dominant and we are dominant right [00:17:56] now. We uh have a new group of people [00:17:59] that we're very close to become very [00:18:01] close to and that's called Venezuela [00:18:04] where we're taking in uh in this case [00:18:07] oil. We had uh 50 million barrels of oil [00:18:10] that we have floating right now to [00:18:12] Houston to be refined. And we're getting [00:18:14] energy from all different sources. And [00:18:16] so oil and gas is fantastic. So many of [00:18:20] them are so good. But we're not going to [00:18:21] use the bad ones. America is now the [00:18:24] number one energy producer in the world. [00:18:27] We are by far number one. In fact, we're [00:18:29] going to very we're very soon going to [00:18:31] be number one by double what number two [00:18:34] is. And under our leadership, we're [00:18:37] becoming a massive energy exporter. In [00:18:39] just the past few months, we've made [00:18:41] historic trade deals with Japan, Korea, [00:18:44] India, and others to increase our coal [00:18:46] exports dramatically. We're now [00:18:49] exporting coal to all over the world. [00:18:51] And the quality of our coal is supposed [00:18:53] to be I mean, I'm not an expert in coal, [00:18:55] but I've been very good to the people [00:18:57] that are. Uh the quality of our coal is [00:19:00] supposed to be the finest anywhere in [00:19:02] the world. from West Virginia to [00:19:04] Wyoming, from Ohio to Montana and all [00:19:07] across the country. We're lifting up our [00:19:09] hardworking American miners like nobody [00:19:11] has ever done before. We're bringing [00:19:14] down costs of American consumers and [00:19:17] together we're making the most of the [00:19:19] magnificent land that God gave us to [00:19:21] rebuild the greatest economy and the [00:19:23] greatest nation in the history of the [00:19:25] world. Another one of my favorite words [00:19:28] is the word tariff. You know, um, tariff [00:19:31] is very I know they want to hear that [00:19:33] little story. I used to say it's my [00:19:34] favorite word. They said, "What about [00:19:36] God? What about religion? What about [00:19:39] family and your wife, your children?" So [00:19:42] now I make it my fifth favorite word. [00:19:46] Oh, you have no idea. I suffered. I was [00:19:48] Kayla. I was suffering from the fake [00:19:50] news media. They were they were really [00:19:52] they were going after me when I said it [00:19:54] was my favorite word is. So I make it [00:19:56] number five. And I think I'm generally [00:19:58] speaking okay. They'd like it to be a [00:19:59] little bit later than that, but because [00:20:01] of tariffs, uh, you saw that we just, it [00:20:04] was just announced, our trade deficit [00:20:07] has gone down. Now, if you go down one [00:20:10] point, two points, you're like a genius. [00:20:12] It's gone down 78%. [00:20:15] 78%. Can you believe it? [applause] And [00:20:18] we have to fight, [00:20:22] right, speaker? And we have to fight. [00:20:25] Just came out. Everyone's saying that [00:20:27] can't be right. 78% 78% reduction in our [00:20:31] trade deficit and next year we're going [00:20:33] to be positive if uh we keep it all [00:20:36] going. We're waiting for a very [00:20:38] important decision from the Supreme [00:20:39] Court. But I want to thank the speaker [00:20:41] is here because you have fought with me. [00:20:43] You've got you got it very early. Now [00:20:45] almost everybody's getting it. Uh but [00:20:48] it's uh numbers that we've never seen. [00:20:50] The other thing is breaking 7,000 on the [00:20:54] S SNP and uh very importantly 50,000 [00:20:57] yesterday. 50,000 we broke on the Dow. [00:21:01] And if you remember when I won they said [00:21:03] if he could ever produce 50,000 by the [00:21:06] end of his fourth term by the end of his [00:21:08] fourth year uh it would be unbelievably [00:21:12] successful. Well, we produced 50,000 in [00:21:15] excess. Now went up today. Uh in excess [00:21:19] of 50,000 at the end of my first year. [00:21:23] So that's some difference. And that's [00:21:26] [applause] [00:21:27] that's because of [00:21:30] that's because of that's because of [00:21:32] tariffs. So we're we're doing numbers [00:21:33] that nobody thought were possible. The [00:21:35] economy is rich. Uh I tell the story [00:21:38] that in Saudi Arabia the king said you [00:21:40] know sir a year and a half ago [00:21:44] we were all saying you were a dead [00:21:46] country and now you have the hottest [00:21:48] country anywhere in the world. That's [00:21:50] true. We're the hottest country anywhere [00:21:51] in the world and a lot of reasons. [00:21:54] [applause] [00:21:55] So once again I'd like you thank you for [00:21:59] the tremendous honor of being here and [00:22:01] especially these gentlemen in the front [00:22:04] row and a couple of you in the second [00:22:05] row. What happened to the guys in the [00:22:07] second row? They couldn't make it to [00:22:08] their friends. What's wrong with them? [00:22:09] They don't shovel it as well, right? But [00:22:12] I want to I want to thank you and invite [00:22:14] the chairman of our national coal [00:22:16] council, Peabody Energy CEO, which is a [00:22:19] great company by the way, Jim Gre, to [00:22:22] come up and say a few words, please. [00:22:23] Jim, thank you very much. [applause] [00:22:31] >> [applause] [00:22:35] >> Mr. President, we stand here today [00:22:37] representing the thousands of coal [00:22:39] miners across the country to express our [00:22:42] deep gratitude you sir for the actions [00:22:43] you've taken to support our industry. [00:22:46] Your leadership and decisive actions [00:22:48] have sent a powerful message. We have a [00:22:50] president who more than any other deeply [00:22:53] understands the importance of coal in [00:22:55] supporting the future of this nation. [00:22:57] Sir, you know what most people don't. [00:23:00] The US has more energy in its coal than [00:23:03] any nation has in any single energy [00:23:05] source. We have more energy than Russia [00:23:07] has in its gas and we have more energy [00:23:09] than Saudi Arabia has in its oil. Yet [00:23:12] before you, sir, presidents were afraid [00:23:14] to allow coal to help keep electricity [00:23:16] abundant low abundant and low cost. And [00:23:19] Mr. President, that changed with you. [00:23:22] We saw the impact of your wise policy in [00:23:24] real time during the recent winter [00:23:25] storm. As temperatures plunged and [00:23:28] demand surged, the coal plants you [00:23:30] directed to keep open provided the [00:23:32] stability and resilience that the grid [00:23:34] needed. And today, thanks to your [00:23:36] leadership, sir, we are working with [00:23:38] your administration on the potential to [00:23:39] build new coal fuel power plants and [00:23:42] having coal emerge as a source of rare [00:23:44] earth elements and critical minerals [00:23:46] that are essential for our national [00:23:48] security and economic future. Because of [00:23:51] you, sir, the mining towns that once [00:23:52] feared for their futures are are seeing [00:23:54] new investment, renewed optimism, and a [00:23:58] sense of pride restored. Families feel [00:23:59] more secure. Local businesses are [00:24:02] growing again. Communities that had been [00:24:04] written off are reinvigorated. [00:24:06] For the thousands of workers across this [00:24:08] industry, your support has meant more [00:24:09] than policy, sir. It has meant dignity, [00:24:12] stability, and the recognition that [00:24:14] their work matters in making America [00:24:16] great again. So, sir, Mr. President, on [00:24:20] behalf of Michael Day, the chairman of [00:24:22] the Washington Coal Club and all the [00:24:23] coal miners across our great country, [00:24:25] I'd like to ask all of first all of the [00:24:27] uh there's some executives and coal [00:24:28] miners are going to join us on stage and [00:24:29] we are going to present you an award, [00:24:31] sir. [00:24:33] >> Thank you very much. [00:24:34] >> Thank you. [applause] [00:24:42] [applause] [00:24:46] >> Thank you very much. Thank you so much [00:24:49] for [00:25:09] >> Thank you fellas very much. [00:25:14] sir to to show our appreciation. The uh [00:25:17] trophy says the undisputed champion of [00:25:20] beautiful clean cold. Thank you, sir. [00:25:22] [applause] [00:25:32] [applause] [00:25:41] >> [applause] [00:25:50] [applause] [00:25:55] >> Don't make a lot of money now, right? [00:25:57] It's great to bring it back. You were [00:25:59] treated very badly and now you're [00:26:01] treated really well. Thank you very [00:26:03] much. Thank you everybody very much. [00:26:05] Appreciate it. speaker. [applause] [00:26:18] >> We don't use auto pens. [laughter] [00:26:21] There's no auto pen. [00:26:24] Okay, come on up. That's great. [00:26:39] Okay, here you go, fellas. [00:26:42] >> Thank [applause] you. [00:26:44] Thank you. [00:26:51] [applause] [00:26:55] There you go. [00:26:57] I get up. [00:27:01] Okay, come on [00:27:03] >> you guys. Okay, speaking. [00:27:07] [applause] [00:27:16] [applause] [00:27:17] >> Thank you very much. [00:27:19] Thank you very much, folks. Good luck. [00:27:22] Make a lot of money. [clears throat] [00:27:23] All right. Have a good time. [00:27:24] >> Mr. President, why was the university [00:27:27] passing? [00:27:29] >> [applause] [00:27:35] [music]