Bidens final actions- Drilling bans, debt reform & detainee transfer

https://amzn.to/4dyFiAI

Transcript

00:00President Biden has just two weeks left in office, but he's not going out quietly.

00:05The White House announced a wave of executive actions on Tuesday, including banning drilling

00:10and mining on more than 800,000 acres of federal land, a new rule that bans medical debt from

00:15appearing on credit reports, and the transfer of 11 Guantanamo Bay detainees to Oman.

00:21The administration says the final two weeks of Biden's presidency will be, quote, jam-packed,

00:26prompting criticism from President-elect Trump and his transition team.

00:30This is the Biden administration simply trying to throw a sucker punch at President Trump

00:35on Joe Biden's way out the door.

00:37The announcements came just one day after Biden banned new oil and gas drilling on 625

00:42million acres of federal waters.

00:45President-elect Trump says he'll start reversing those actions when he's sworn in, but it won't

00:49be easy.

00:50Typically, anything done through executive action can be undone through executive action.

00:55Is it going to take some time?

00:57Absolutely.

00:58Congressional Republicans would need to create legislation to undo at least some of this

01:02week's executive actions, but most say their top priority is passing what Trump has called

01:06a quote, big, beautiful bill to fund his agenda.

01:10We've been working on this bill for over a year, and it's very simple.

01:14The president was very clear during the campaign what he expected Congress to deliver on.

01:20The administration is also reportedly negotiating with the Taliban to exchange Americans detained

01:24in Afghanistan for a high-profile Gitmo prisoner.

01:28At the White House, Madalena Rivera, Fox News.