The Obama administration unilaterally imposed a blanket moratorium on drilling, and continues a de facto prohibition, killing thousands of high-paying jobs and hindering economic growth in Texas and the entire Gulf Coast.

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Ms Ford said banks had to have access to capital and liquidity to be able to take risks and start lending again, whilst Mr Schmidt said new rules may end up hindering economic growth.

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You heard him talk about during the campaign that the Clinton-era rates that were in place in the 1990s, far from hindering economic growth, were part of a economic approach passed in 1993 that led to the longest peacetime expansion in our lifetimes, that led to the creation of more than 23 million jobs.

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