restrictions. records reviewed by cnn show bern hart involved in three meetings on the issue. ipaa and other groups thanked him for his involvement. by december of 2018, the trump administration released a plan to amend sagegrouse protections and open vast swaths of open 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. this administration doesn t seem to mind that a lobby lift regulate the very industry they used to work for. emthe secretary is fully in compliance with his recusal agreements. and critics who say he is