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>> my administration approved more permits last year. any claim that my administration is responsible for gas prices because we quote-unquote shut down oil production, that claim is untrue. megyn: pat powell and jamu green, and a fox nun contributor. eric, i see you shaking your head. >> reporter: the reality is he put a moratorium back on after the b.p. oil spill, there have been six permits that have gone back. six of you can start drilling again. the problem is five of them were already previously permitted. these aren't new wells. he on allowed one brand-new well, a shell well that will en...

Our brain room said it is true, but as eric points out, the oil production numbers are due to action taken before president obama was president. can he say it's due to his policies? >> i think he can. i don't recall under the bush administration a focus on the fact we need to reduce our energy dependence and foreign oil. i don't remember that we needed to move to cleaner and safer energy in every single way we heard this president strongly say this. we saw the the gulf with bp and lack of regulations. we can't move forward in an irresponsible and unsafe way. >> that was a tragic accident. it's...

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