BATON ROUGE — Governor Jeff Landry joined CNBC on Monday to discuss fuel prices following his 90-day diesel export ban proposal.

During the interview, Landry supported the ban, saying that it would create a supply of diesel in the country, causing prices to fall. He claimed that a large amount of America's diesel is being sent to Europe due to the ongoing war in Ukraine, but said that Europe hasn't helped America with its issues.

"The long term things we can do is to help our small refineries," Landry said, explaining how refineries account for about 10% of the domestic fuel output. 

Landry also cited bad policies that allow America's energy supply to go to global markets without enough fuel in supply for Americans. 

He claimed that Louisiana has worked to cut regulations so that business may flourish. "We've reduced our severance tax by 50% on new drills. We've made sure that we streamlined the permitting process for our refineries." 

He then went on to outline the importance of the Small Refinery Exemption, a federal waiver granted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which allows refineries that process fewer than 75,000 barrels of crude oil per day to forgo a requirement forcing refiners to blend renewable biofuels into the supply.

"They're scattered around the country, and they're important to our Ag industry, and of course we're seeing commodity prices rise and we need to give our farmers relief."

Landry said that Louisiana welcomes data centers' investments into the state, saying, "In Louisiana, we've put in an executive order to protect our ratepayers. We've worked with those hyperscalers to ensure that when they build that extra generation out that our consumers in Louisiana benefit. Those are all things and protections that we put in place."

He claimed that the jobs data centers are creating in the state offer two to three times more than the average yearly salary that the state has seen in the past. 

Teachers in Richland Parish went from being the lowest paid in the state to the highest due to bonuses provided by data centers, according to Landry.

"Louisiana has had some of the highest poverty rates and the lowest amount of job opportunities. And we want to fix that."