exploration. the ipaa, bern heart's former client repeatedly lobbied department officials to loosen restrictions. records reviewed by cnn show bern hea bernheart involved with three meetings on the issue. ipaa and other groups thanked him for his involvement and by december of 2018 the trump administration released a plan to amend protections and open vast swaths of western land for oil drilling. the industry requests and actions taken go on and on. fracking offshore drilling, easing of safety requirements, former clients asking and receiving favorable decisions from the government agency run by the former oil lobbyist. >> we're talking about the literal fox guarding the hen house but this administration doesn't mind the notion that a lobbyist is going to regulate the industry they used to work