Harold Hamm Quotes
Every time we can't drill a well in America, terrorism is being funded. Every onerous regulation puts American lives at risk.
Hamm, Harold. "Speech at the Republican National Convention." 2016 Republican National Convention, 20 July 2016, Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH.
There are legitimate Islamic charities as well as those who are fronts for terrorist organizations. Some of the terrorist organizations such as Hamas and Hezbollah blur the distinctions by actually having a charitable and/or political role in addition to their terrorist activities. Hezbollah, for example, in addition to their terrorist activities, has won some seats in the Lebanese Parliament and finances some legitimate charitable activities. So, often donors, including American donors, think they are funding the charitable activities but the money goes into terrorist activities. Even in the case where money goes to legitimate charities, very often those charities are complicit with the terrorists in many ways ranging from allowing terrorists to use their facilities (including hospitals and mosques) for the hiding of terrorists, planning of terrorists, and in some cases the storage and hiding of weapons and explosives. In some cases, so called legitimate charities actually paid the families of suicide bombers who had deliberately killed innocent civilians including Americans.
Harold Glenn Hamm is an American entrepreneur primarily involved in the oil and gas business who is best known for pioneering the development of the large shale oil resources of the Bakken formation. As of January 2018, Hamm's net worth is estimated to be $14.2 billion, making him the 79th richest person in the United States. Hamm's net worth peaked at $18.7 billion in September 2014, but decreased to $9.3 billion by 2015. In 2012, presidential candidate Mitt Romney named Hamm as his energy advisor and thereafter Hamm made substantial monetary and advisory contributions to the election effort.