Steve Buyer: “with regard to this shortage on natural gas, it is rather stunning when people say there is a shortage in America with…”

“with regard to this shortage on natural gas, it is rather stunning when people say there is a shortage in America with regard to natural gas. The stunning part is that, with regard to resources, it is there. The shocking part is that Congress, Congress, is the one who has created the barriers to access the natural gas. So what have we done? I was a good listener over here. When the Democrats controlled the Congress, what did they do? They said, You know what we are going to do? We are going to make sure that we cannot gain access to the natural gas. All the offshore, they cannot gain access to that. We are also going to lock off lands in the West, and at the same time we are going to pass a Clean Air Act. We are going to set forth new requirements. We are going to move from coal and move to natural gas. Then what we have in this country is an increased demand on natural gas while you decrease the access to it and get an increase and end up hurting manufacturers and sending jobs out. And that is what you want to do? You are scared to death to even find out what an inventory is with regard to our resources? We owe it to the country to know exactly what we have. So I can see why Democrats here are holding on tight to the policies of old. That is exactly what Democrats will do if they gain control of Congress. They were not very good listeners to what happened in California.”